Oldwick, N.J.-based Best said action on the Chicago-headquartered Echelon's "B-minus (Fair)" financial strength rating follows the announcement that Lockhart Insurance Group of St. Thomas, Virgin Isla

Given the fact that getting an optional federal charter approved anytime soon is little more than a pipe dream, I hope the industry rallies around ...

WASHINGTON--Legislation to provide insurance agents with a national license, issued by a federally created board controlled by state regulators and industry representatives, was introduced in the Hou

The amendment, introduced by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, if enacted would leave the estate tax at the 2009 level with a $3.5 million individual exemption and a