The total number of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry increased in 2004, driven by the health/managed care and distribution sectors.

The CPCU Society, the professional association for nearly 28,000 Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, has launched an advertising campaign.

One-fifth of consumers who have filed property or casualty claims during the past three years are not satisfied with the way that their insurance companies handled their claims.

The largest insurance firms in the nation recently were ranked on how they treated online customers in the first quarter of this year.