Tropical Storm Etau's torrential rains brought death, landslides and floods, inundating homes and businesses in Western Japan, the Risk Management Solutions modeling firm reported.

Producers should be able to collect annuity sales commissions even when they have not recommended the transactions, insurance industry commenters say.

Chicago-based insurance broker Aon's Aon Private Risk Management (APRM) group said it has opened an office in Geneva for the ultra high net worth sector.

Novarica has documented the relationship between e-business functionalities delivered through portals and agency management system integration and how this affects agency commissions.