New accounting rules intended to align U.S. insurers’ varied approaches to accounting for deferred acquisition costs (DAC) will negatively affect...
Yearly Archives: 2011
New York’s highest court has ruled that a motorist from Syracuse who struck and killed a pedestrian while being distracted...
Most states in the northeastern region reported deteriorating workers’ compensation underwriting results last year, according to latest data from A.M....
Willis Group Holdings plc in London has named Tim Wright as chief executive officer of Willis International, the company’s business...
Insurance entrepreneur Mark Byrne pulled ahead in the race to buy Lloyd’s of London insurer Omega after Omega and its...
Allstate Corp. suffered nearly $1.1 billion in catastrophe losses in the third quarter, the country’s largest publicly traded home and...
Kentucky Republican state Rep. Bill Farmer of Lexington is planning to push a legislative measure that would impose new rules...
Florida’s top highway safety official wants to put more troopers who specialize in investigating highway fatalities out on the road....

Florida’s hurricane fund is confronting a potential $3.2 billion shortfall, financial experts said in a new estimate of the money...
Praised by consumer advocates and denounced by manufacturers, a new federal database for safety complaints about everything from baby gear...