Aon's founder and former chief executive is embarking on a new insurance venture with the launch of a brokerage firm specializing in errors and omissions coverage for niche risks.

The insurance industry continues to voice concerns that healthcare legislation likely to be enacted in the first quarter of 2010 will drive up healthcare costs significantly in the private market.

AIG is apparently retreating from spinning-off its Chartis property and casualty insurance group as a separate entity, while the Treasury's special master has allowed one company employee a raise.

The Independent Agents & Brokers of America's Agents Council for Technology will be host a free Web seminar titled "Protecting Independent Agent Clients with Secure E-mail Using Transport Layer Security."