The historic 2010 midterm elections were a huge win for the property and casualty insurance industry—and their allied reinsurers, according to representatives of several industry trade associations....

Last week’s election results for state gubernatorial races across the nation are likely to radically change the complexion of the state insurance regulatory system, with commissioner positions hinging on the actions of newly elected governors....

The discovery of two bombs destined for Chicago from Yemen, but intercepted on cargo planes in Dubai and Britain, will not have a huge impact on the global aviation market, but the event has spurred discussion about supply chain risk assessments....

Catastrophe modeler Risk Management Solutions said the end of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season is not the time to relax. Conditions “are still ripe for further activity.”...

American International Group said the sale of one foreign insurer and the initial public offering of a second have raised enough money to repay a line of credit it has with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York....

With its third-quarter net income result doubling over last year, and its capital position improving, Swiss Re said it has reached agreement to repay Berkshire Hathaway, which injected $2.6 billion into the Zurich-based reinsurer last year....

History can have an unpleasant way of repeating itself....

Through television, radio, newspapers and websites, the American people are again aware of the health care issue that divides our country....

Hospitals should get ready for a reversal of fortune when it comes to liability claims, according to a broker report....

In an important ruling this summer, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided that an online marketing firm was entitled to defense cost coverage under two different types of liability policies for the same spyware download incident....

The current focus of regulatory scrutiny may be a leading indicator of which industry sectors will be targeted for future securities lawsuits, a former plaintiffs’ lawyer said recently....

Lloyd’s and Arch Specialty Insurance Co. do not have to cover the legal expenses of Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, a federal judge ruled last month....