State insurance regulators have established a task force to monitor the negative effects the new federal health reform law might...
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Specialty insurer Markel Corp. said today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alan Kirshner may be absent from the corporation’s...
The medical professional liability insurance industry faces new challenges from both health reform and increased competition. A new industry study...
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of National...
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance...
The U.S. Treasury hired Greenhill & Co. to help it dispose of its investment in bailed-out insurer American International Group,...
The administrator of the $20-billion fund created by BP Plc to compensate Gulf of Mexico oil spill victims announced plans...
SAP AG must pay Oracle Corp $1.3 billion for software theft in a jury verdict that could be the largest-ever...
The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) has adopted a revised version of the Surplus Lines Multi-State Insurance Compact (SLIMPACT)...
Angelo Mangia, president and CEO of Long Island, N.Y.-based Standard Funding, has been elected president of the National Premium Finance...