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Liberty Mutual and AIG continue their ongoing fight, while AIG sues ICP Asset Management and Moore Capital over alleged fraud.

Commercial lines dominated financial impairments in 2010, notes A.M. Best report.

Claims solution provider promotes a pair of employees to key positions.

2010 revenue represents a 13.4% increase from 2009 revenue, states Gartner.

As life insurers accumulate more longevity risk and face investment management challenges, opportunities for growth abound.

California regulators investigate allegations that MetLife failed to pay life insurance policy benefits even after learning that an insured had died.

Restructuring, which includes hiring 100 in “key business areas” has overall goal of placing resources in most effective areas, says insurer.

Internal report says former executive’s actions surrounding Lubrizol deal violated the “duty of candor” he owed the company.

Aflac, Allstate, Chubb, Travelers, UnitedHealth, WellPoint and others announce first-quarter figures.

A Georgetown University study finds evidence PPACA-mandated state health exchanges successfully harness free-market principles to help present coverage options and boost availability.

Still, MIT researchers warn that affordability remains a concern for families with high out-of-pocket spending, says this is the major risk to insurance affordability.

The separation of AAA's insurance and auto club businesses in Northern California, Utah and Nevada is the cause of the cutbacks.

New Yorkers, especially those who live in New York City, are being victimized by auto insurance fraud, which industry groups say has reached crisis levels. Yesterday, insurance industry proponents of reforms were scheduled to voice their concern about the ongoing problem.

SEC says controversial section 404(b) is not prohibitively burdensome to mid-sized companies.

FINRA last year advised brokers that social media content falls under regulatory requirements for record-keeping.

Guide is intended to help producers understand the complex federal law, enabling them to better help their clients' FMLA compliance efforts.

SCOR agrees to acquire Transamerica Re from AEGON, and AIG awaits regulatory approval on the divestiture of its Taiwan unit.

Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earn highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

However, the index remains in negative territory, as rising fuel costs have concerned many Americans, Bloomberg says.

The effort by commercial lines underwriters to hold the line on premiums gave way under the pressure of a highly overcapitalized market in the first quarter of 2011, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey. The survey tracked property, workers’ compensation, D&O and general liability. Administered by insight services provider Advisen Ltd., the survey results posted material decreases in average renewal premiums in three of four lines of business tracked.