Trade groups representing agents who sell health insurance are seeking congressional support for legislation that will exempt agent commissions from the medical loss ratio formula recently approved by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Title insurers remain affected by the economy and housing struggles, and there is no clear catalyst for change in the near term, according to a Fitch Ratings outlook on the title insurance industry.

Coping with the uncertainty of the Dodd-Frank Act and the newly-formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be among U.S. financial institutions' foremost concerns in 2011.

Natural and man-made catastrophes have caused an estimated $36 billion in losses for insurers in 2010, a 34 percent increase over last year.