The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says it will keep secret the names of bidders competing for a contract to assess the disputed value of insurers' mortgage-backed securities.

A group of leading agents, brokers and carriers met in a special private roundtable to discuss the results of the NU/Deloitte Producer Satisfaction Survey, focusing on how to improve communication and client service.

Nineteen U. S. property-casualty reinsurers wrote $18.7 billion of net premiums during the nine-months ended Sept. 30, 2009, compared to $19 billion for the same period in 2008, down less than 2 percent, according to the RAA.

When Michael Turk, senior consultant for Towers Perrin, pulled together figures for his firm's annual directors & officers liability insurance survey back in 2007, something just didn't seem right.