The world's two major insurance brokers earned a 100 percent positive rating on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) issues from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

PartnerRe said it will expedite an estimated $2 billion stock-for-stock purchase of French-listed, Swiss-based reinsurer Paris Re.

Few Brazilian farmers buy agricultural insurance, in part, because product offerings don't meet their needs, they lack insurance awareness and the budget is low for premium subsidies, a study found.

Rating agencies took a well-deserved beating last week when they were called on the carpet by state regulators wary of trusting their assessments going forward, says NU Editor Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.