It was quite an honor sitting next to Charlotte Spencer last night--the widow of Robert Spencer, the pioneer in risk management for whom the Spencer Educational ...

State insurance commissioners plan to grill the top credit rating agencies as to why the commissioners shouldn't seek other guidance in evaluating insurers' securities holdings, a key regulator said.

Eight years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 caused untold human tragedy and shocked the underwriting world, insurers are seeing a much calmer environment, an industry expert said.

Former New York Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo, speaking at an industry conference, said he believes producers' acceptance of contingent commissions from insurers is "a clear conflict."