Legislation seeks to divide deposit and investment banks and prohibits commercial banks from engaging in all insurance activities.

Resolution extending unemployment insurance program contained in defense bill.

Liberty Mutual Updated its RISKTRAC to provide buyers and intermediaries with a single system for more effectively managing property/casualty insurance, disability and leave programs.

Report finds that medical malpractice costs decreased slightly in 2008.

Workers’ compensation insurers and actuaries will experience positive and negative impacts with or without health care reform, according to speakers at the Casualty Actuarial Society annual meeting.

S&P withdraws its “A-“ counterparty credit rating on CNA Insurance Co. Ltd., and A.M. Best affirms the FSR of “A” and ICR of “a+” of Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

A panel of insurance technology experts share tips and tricks for putting innovation into play.

Moody's says insurers denied 20% to 25% of claims in the second and third quarters, up from a previously historic rate of 7%.

Despite Latinos being the fastest-growing market segment, retirement providers haven't yet devised a plan to woo the group off the fence when it comes to 401(k) enrollment.

AIG CEO Benmosche tells the Wall Street Journal that the company is too big today, and it needs to become smaller and more transparent.

Investment bank specializing in financial services sector tells investors P&C market is expected to be flat in the coming year.

Sandeep Malik will be based in Hong Kong, and report to Bernard S.Y. Fung, chairman and CEO of Aon Asia Pacific.

Focus is on the future of system performance, says solution provider.

House leaders had to make significant concessions for the reform bill to be passed, and it likely will have to be watered down even further to get out of the Senate.

The “Thinking Outside the Black Box” service is designed to help insurers examine how best to use cat models.

Insurer adopts ForeSight Version 5.0 as point-of-sale illustration solution for life products.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was a key player in AIG's trades, even in the ones involving other banks.

Given social media's rise in popularity among older demographic groups, it's now become a serious data security risk for insurers as attackers target their less tech-savvy customers.

Industry endorses federal insurance office created by sweeping bill, but insurers are unhappy with their inclusion in a new dissolution fund.

The bill could significantly impact the way insurers do business, given it paves the way for the creation of a consumer financial protection agency, and establishes a framework to minimize systemic risk.