A number of business groups issued a letter expressing alarm about a proposal in the Obama administration’s budget for 2012 that they project could result in a doubling of annual pension guaranty agency premiums.

Winston-Salem, N.C. bank BB&T Corp. says insurance services decreased slightly in the first quarter while its banking business reported net income increase of 21 percent.

The Chubb Corp. says 2011 first quarter net income increased 10 percent over the prior year despite the impact of $270 million from global catastrophe claims.

Why do most insurance agencies totally ignore the most important day of the year for workers’ compensation? And I'm not talking about the renewal date.