Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has filed a lawsuit against national securities and credit ratings agencies Standard &...

Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll. Yet...

Democrats in the U.S. Senate geared up for a fierce battle over a new healthcare reform plan Thursday as Republicans condemned the bill's...

Against the backdrop of the worst economic slump in more than 30 years, more than 83 percent of Floridians are concerned about their money...

Until this year, health care was a minor blip on the radar of insurance agents’ policy efforts in D.C. But with a major reform bill...

An American International Group Inc.'s board meeting is expected next week against the backdrop of Chief Executive Robert Benmosche's...

Two former auditors of Parmalat SpA agreed to pay $15 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by U.S. equity investors over their roles in...

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of the P/C and life/health insurance...

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of 'A' (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of...

A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of “bbb” to the recently issued $350 million 8.00 percent 30-year senior unsecured...

COPE is generally associated with property underwriting rather than as a risk class-based underwriting acronym. However, the traditional...

The Connecticut Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by the owners of a dump truck that caused a fatal 20-vehicle wreck in Avon, in...

A federal appeals court says a western Pennsylvania woman isn't entitled to a new trial on her claim that an accounting error by Ernst &...

The New England Seismic Network says a small earthquake shook parts of western Maine early Thursday morning. According to Weston Observatory...

A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm before a crash on a southern Minnesota interstate that killed two people and injured 21...

The Missouri Department of Insurance reported that a leader in the U.S. foodservices market has become licensed as a captive insurance...

A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate. The...

The state’s largest private property insurer may not leave Florida after all, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty told Gov. Charlie...

A Florida jury Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy...

Georgia's top fire official is urging churches to bolster security after two metro Atlanta churches were set on fire. Georgia Insurance and...

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the appointment of five new members to the N.C. Joint Underwriting...

Jefferson Parish's embattled chief administrative officer, Tim Whitmer, is retiring as federal investigators began subpoenaing records of...

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $760,070 dividend to the Texas Green Industry (TGI) purchasing group. TGI has earned $2,643,037...

A new study from the California Workers' Compensation Institute shows that claims from white-collar workers have assumed greater relative...

In the wake of new recommendations for mammography, California officials said that a state law remains in place to ensure that insurance...

The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first...

Phil Wall, Senior Account Engineer at ACE, speaking at The Economist Risk Summit in London on Thursday, urged businesses to recognize that...

A new report produced by Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight and the Microinsurance Centre - Insurance in developing countries: exploring...

The U.N. environmental chief called on rich nations Thursday to pledge $10 billion a year for three years at next month's Copenhagen summit...

A new intelligence report from Marsh concludes that "energy firms are set to enjoy a softening insurance market in 2010, as a result of...

A study from Aon UK warns that "insurers may reduce the amount of capital they’re willing to commit to the food industry in Q4 2009...

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of 'A-' (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of...

Canada's Sun Life Financial Inc. said Thursday it is seeking acquisitions to expand its U.S. insurance business but believes organic growth...

Guaranteed Replacement Cost for HO3
Posted: Fri Nov 20 -- I don't think the word Guaranteed is used anymore, not since the Oakland fires. You can get Extended Replacement Cost, though, from... LadyBroker

Best way to insure a restaurant prior to opening?
Posted: Fri Nov 20 -- I would be very surprised if the tenant is not required to hire a licenced contractor to do the work...maybe not a GC, if it's just paint... LadyBroker

Products Liability for Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG)
Posted: Fri Nov 20 -- We have markets who can write this type of business. E-mail me at

The Woodlands Financial Group
Posted: Thu Nov 19 -- Along with obtaining markets for both commercial and personal lines an agency should also have financing options available for their... maryh

Starting P&C Agency
Posted: Thu Nov 19 -- Along with obtaining markets for both commercial and personal lines an agency should also have financing options available for their... maryh

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