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As federal insurance entity germinates, insurers ask for adequate funding in letter to Treasury Secretary.

Former Marsh CEO heads buying firm.

A new report questions when insurer will be able to pay back Treasury for assistance.

More than a decade since the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, the concept of a financial services supermarket staggers on.

Insured losses for Deepwater Horizon disaster will be between $4 billion and $6 billion, Towers Watson estimates.

S&P keeps MetLife on CreditWatch with negative implications, A.M. Best, Fitch and S&P all update ratings on Everest Re.

Survey shows parents willing to support graduated driver licensing for younger motorists.

NICB says there has been a 527% increase in questionable auto glass claims so far this year compared to the first half of 2009.

North American insurers still troubled by transfer model of risk calculation.

The companies will offer Mitchell’s SmartAdvisor bill review solution integrated with Aon iVOS claims technology to benefit the workers’ compensation industry.

The fourth annual INNovators Awards has been enhanced this year to include additional awards in three specific categories that recognize the full complement of insurance technology excellence across all aspects of the business.

Some see too many agencies, each with its own agenda.

Insurers looking to create smartphone applications may want to first examine findings from a study of mobile apps and security threats on both iPhone and Android devices.

Many insurers are now securing their databases by "data masking," which removes confidential data elements and replaces them with usable, fictitious data.

An ex-employee and a co-conspirator are charged with stealing close to $1 million from the supplemental insurer over a year and a half.

Regulators at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have directed The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., to provide additional details on $2.1 billion of securities that have traded at less than half of what the company says they're worth for more than a year, Bloomberg reports.

Fitch downgrades AEGON N.V. and AEGON Americas, affirms Pacific Life; S&P reacts to AIG’s board chairman change.

Board is seeking nominations for appointments to its consumer advisory council.

Hard drives were stolen from a facility the health insurer had leased from a call center, impacting almost 1 million members.

The government released interim final regs aimed at creating a system of checks and balances for internal and external appeals processes of health claims.