The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud's recently releasedinterim survey of state insurance fraud bureaus includes some predictable stuff, and a couple of surprises. For instance, it's ...

Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, said it has named Alastair Swift chief placement officer. He will report to Don Bailey, chairman and chief executive officer of Willis North America (WNA), relocating from London to New York.

Proposed cuts for the U.S. Agriculture Department's subsidy to the crop insurance program are excessive and will likely lead to more consolidation in a shrinking private crop insurance industry, an insurers' representative told the agency.

Florida has less chance of being hit by a hurricane this year, while the coastal segment including North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia will see heightened storm activity, a new study forecasted.