Insurance

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a car! It’s a plane! How do we insure it?

Ratings agencies announce a number of ratings changes, including affirmations of New York Life and NYMAGIC Inc., and downgrades of National Financial Group and TIAA-CREF.

The study found that 56% of respondents who have health insurance are against, or are unsure how they feel about a government-operated health care plan.

In the first quarter, Sun Life's variable annuity sales rose 21.8% to $580.1 million.

With interest rates falling and the markets in a fingers-crossed recovery, executives and analysts expect demand for fixed annuities to start tapering off.

As reform efforts gather speed, insurers seek to provide input.

Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers says public option for health care endangers private market.

New work has begun on an amendment to the first universal standard for motor vehicle event data recorders that may aid in insurers’ fight against insurance fraud.

James Keal of Accident Fund Insurance Company of America and United Heartland will lead the organization for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

Fraud-related incidents, including corruption/fraud and misuse of assets, have surged 10% over three years.

Highmark’s PALS was recognized for its efforts in connecting senior citizens with other seniors in their community to enhance their physical and mental health, and reduce isolation by providing outlets to make new friends.

The iPhone app gives customers banking and investment access, including the ability to trade stocks, as well as car insurance functions such as filing insurance claims.

The losses and declines in market value associated with the recent economic environment reveal new insights about the complexity of risk.

While new channels and options continue to arise, there has been no significant culling of existing channels, which could pose a problem, according to the firm.

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) wonders "If we have institutions that are 'too big to fail,' have we not failed already, since they create a systemic risk?"

Position created to help oversee insurance operations at American International Group.

Clean, solid data is fundamental to mitigating risk, but insurers continue to slide by with poor information.

Both sides in the debate over federal regulation of the insurance industry find something to like in the new financial blueprint.

"We see the entire country as the real opportunity here," notes Rodney Dillman, president of MassMutual International LLC.

Life insurer now has no long-term debt maturities until 2011.