The property and casualty insurance industry is on the road to showing a profit for 2010 despite a 3 percent slide in third-quarter net income, an industry report said....

The independent agency system is showing signs of continued stabilization in numbers ...

A federal district court judge in Richmond, Va., ruled recently that Congress cannot require people to buy health insurance—a key provision of the health care reform law signed by President Barack Obama in March....

Philadelphia has topped the list for the American Tort Reform Foundation’s (ATRF) 2010/2011 “Judicial Hellholes” report due in part to the trial practices of its Complex Litigation Center (CLC)....

Insurance policies do not cover losses due to the destructive properties of Chinese drywall because of two policy exclusions, a federal court has ruled....

The United States continued to be a source of insured catastrophe losses this year despite avoiding a hurricane landfall....

Economists said the recession was over some time last year, but a walk down almost any main street in America reveals a different picture....

Passage of comprehensive financial services reform legislation that for the first time gives the federal government some voice in regulating the property and casualty insurance industry was clearly a major milestone....

After many months of wrenching debate, Democrats in March finally succeeded in getting health care reform legislation to the finish line....

The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20 left 13 dead and 17 injured, leading to a massive oil spill and environmental disaster....

It started with congressional hearings to justify a bailout and ended with a deal for some payback and a plan to come up with the rest. ...

From a catastrophe standpoint, the beginning of 2010 must have had more than a few U.S. insurers dreading the rest of the year...

After five years of being subject to what some publicly argued was an unlevel playing field, state attorneys general relented, agreeing to lift the ban and allowing the three major insurance brokerage firms....

Industry prepares to greet new insurance commissioners, legislators ....

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has described 2010 as a year of “stop-and-starts” for the critical National Flood Insurance Program....

Nineteen named storms, 12 hurricanes, and five major hurricanes ranked Category 3 and higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale....

Educational institutions are not immune to the challenges associated with a troubled economy....

With more analytical tools and gauges to monitor property and casualty insurance. ...