For carriers who offer insurance products in specialized and niche markets, special attention must be paid to these changing world variables in order to prevent claim practices from becoming irrelevant.

James A. Goodman was named the president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut during the group's annual conference yesterday in Mashantucket, Conn.

The leadership of the Senate Banking Committee urged overseers of the (TARP) to investigate why AIG paid back investors in troubled AIG mortgage security offerings on a dollar-for-dollar basis even though the securities had not yet defaulted.

Members of Congress reacted to payment of bonuses to employees of American International Group after the firm took U.S. bailout money by disclosing plans to introduce legislation that would claw back the bonuses through punitive taxes.