Legislation repealing the antitrust exemption afforded health insurers through the McCarran-Ferguson Act, but keeping the shield intact for medical malpractice carriers, was approved overwhelmingly last week by the U.S. House of Representatives....

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is ready to fight any provisions in proposed health care reform legislation that would allow federal preemption of state insurance rate regulation....

An investor advocacy group announced it is suing the board of Zenith National Insurance Corp., alleging Zenith’s planned $1.4 billion sale to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. undervalues the company....

Property and casualty insurers are seeing rising loss costs, increased levels of litigation and higher rates of fraudulent claims because of the struggling economy, a recent survey revealed....

A survey of U.S. consumer experience with a variety of professions finds they rate their interactions with independent insurance agents as less than enjoyable....

Although making acquisitions is a prudent strategy for forward-thinking surplus lines insurance executives seeking to build their organizations, potential sellers are unlikely to agree to lower the deal prices offered, experts recently warned....

With high-profile cases such as ChoicePoint and TJX acting as a lure, plaintiffs’ attorneys are increasingly interested in generating class-action lawsuits for data security breaches....

Conventional wisdom would say that the time to start a wholesale business is not in the middle of a soft market, when the demand for that business suffers....

Carriers and brokers selling Side-A D&O liability insurance coverage by delivering warnings about the increasing severity of shareholder derivative lawsuits may be overstating the trend, according to one attorney involved in a major case....

“Going green” has become a popular catch phrase. This phenomenon is fueled by the current administration, and the agenda is clear....