The theft of various artworks produced by a well-known surrealist painter created an interesting dilemma for contents claims specialists. How can you appraise art without seeing it?

The abrupt departure of Joseph P. Lacher as president of Allstate Protection may have been due to comments he made about Allstate’s chief executive, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Proposed changes to insurance-contract accounting standards are running into delays amid vocal opposition, but whatever final conclusions ultimately emerge, they are unlikely to have a broad impact on credit ratings since new rules, by themselves, do not alter the economic position of an entity, according to Moody’s.