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The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors predicts Europe’s insurers will feel pressure from low rates and H1N1 flu.

The House approved dozens of changes late Thursday to the financial regulatory reform bill, including measures to enhance the Federal Reserve Board's power to break up large, complex firms.

With the proliferation of security devices and software, you would think that virus infections are decreasing, but exactly the opposite is true. The question is—why?

A new Celent report concludes that the greatest challenge facing insurers is their siloed environments. Improving info sharing would help eliminate this problem.

The reform bill is expected to water down a provision to create a new consumer protection agency, among other plans.

Industry technology executives admit that adopting the changes required to innovate is no longer an option: CIO Insurance Summit report.

A.M. Best affirms Progressive and CUNA Mutual’s ratings, and S&P assigns a negative outlook to White Mountains Insurance Group.

New rule changes how insurers calculate admissible deferred tax assets.

The effects of regulatory reform, increased government intervention and potential tax law changes will keep stability at bay, at least for a few more years, says a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.

While the law may eventually get watered down, the transparency and accountability of information will live on as perhaps insurers' most important corporate value.

No one wants to spend more money these days, but cuts can bleed in ways we never would have imagined.

Supreme Court will hear arguments over legality of auditing oversight board created by Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

The combined entity will serve contractors on a local basis in every region of the United States.

The Group of North American Insurance Companies expressed serious concerns about a new paper’s conclusions for measurement of non-life insurance liabilities in the post-claim period.

Ernst & Young survey finds that 75% of respondents are concerned with possible reprisal from employees who have left their organizations.

Survey finds liquidity issues are receiving renewed attention in wake of the financial crisis.

House Financial Services Committee sends two pieces of financial services reform legislation to House floor.

The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers says the bill “needs clarification regarding the role of brokers in state exchanges on several fronts," particularly defined compensation models and the role they would play as exchange navigators.

Repealing McCarran Ferguson could have serious implications for insurance companies and, ultimately, would burden consumers.

Insurance and reinsurance sectors should pay attention to emerging markets in order to stay strong through the economic recovery, say Swiss Re economists.