In addition to the revenue pressures brought on by the nation's financial crisis, insurers face a policy and advocacy environment that is "the most challenging since the second World War," said David

Independent agents will face a major new competitor next year after Marsh, one of the world's largest insurance brokerages, launches a new firm to pursue the bread-and-butter business of Main Street

The $123 billion liquidity lifeline the federal government is providing to American International Group might not be enough to keep the company going given the credit crunch still hamstringing the

While investors pray for a bottom to a plunging stock market in the days or weeks ahead, experts say an end to litigation arising from issues fueling market turmoil could be years or even decades