Reinsurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. said it expects the April tornadoes that struck several Southern states will results in losses between $45 million and $55 million.

More than half of the states have passed bills implementing federal legislation reforming and modernizing regulation of the surplus lines and reinsurance industries.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau's latest report shows a 23-percent increase in all questionable claims since 2009, with medical posing a major concern.

One of the advantages of using analytics for P&C insurance is the ability to more effectively create a rating structure or to better price premiums for a given policy. But challenges remain on how to build the best tools in this area, particularly in the development of multivariate analysis (MVA)...