Even though debate on a national health care reform bill in the U.S. Senate is grabbing all the headlines, federal legislation that would radically alter how insurers are regulated remains on the front burner in Congress....

A concern that a so-called “navigator” provision will limit the ability of insurance agents to sell health insurance products will be front and center on the agenda of the industry’s lobbyists as the U.S. Senate begins debate Nov. 30....

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says it will keep secret the names of bidders competing for a contract to assess the disputed value of insurers’ mortgage-backed securities....

A federal court ruling holding the Army Corps of Engineers liable for damage in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina is unlikely to have much effect on the property and casualty industry....

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would prohibit carriers from canceling or non-renewing homeowners insurance policies with houses containing Chinese drywall....

The latest government study on Chinese drywall has revealed a “strong association” between the drywall and corrosion in homes that may physically irritate their inhabitants....

What ethical obligations, if any, do insurance companies and independent agencies and brokerages have in developing a more diverse industry workforce by recruiting, training and promoting more women and minorities in their respective ends of the business?...

Marine insurers face a stormy market, battered by declines in trade, expansion of piracy, stalled capital markets and lower investment returns, an insurance brokerage reports....

Slow economic growth, low inflation and minimal interest rates pose special challenges to ocean marine underwriters—fewer ships to insure and less goods in transit to insure, with reduced value of merchandise and lower exposures....

Back in May, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. announced it was partnering with an executive search firm to recruit a more diverse work force....

Holding up a glass filled with white milk, Tyronne Stoudemire, global director of diversity and inclusion for Hewitt Associates, poured in some chocolate syrup—which promptly settled to the bottom until it was vigorously stirred....

The world’s two biggest insurance brokers earned a 100 percent positive rating on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation earlier this fall....