Commercial Lines

The security breach of Epsilon’s customer data base stirred up a hornet’s nest of attention earlier this month with calls for a federal investigation by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), but an insurance broker says this could be just the beginning of a long road of liability exposure.

Michigan insurers Auto Club Insurance Association and Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. have agreed to merge.

In this exclusive, candid interview with BP Claims Fund Administrator Ken Feinberg, we update readers on both the fund’s progress and operational pitfalls since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig one year ago.

In this exclusive, candid interview with BP Claims Fund Administrator Ken Feinberg, we update readers on both the fund’s progress and operational pitfalls since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig one year ago.

PropertyCasualty360.com's Agent & Broker Channel Editor Laura M. Toops is twittering every day about breaking news and timely topics—not to mention keeping readers up to date on agent and broker-related news and analysis being posted on PropertyCasualty360.com.

As political unrest envelops North Africa and the Middle East, a global-insurance broker says insurers are reviewing their appetite for political coverage at a time when multinational companies should be performing their own review of risk.

The earthquake in Japan and two other major losses for insurers have put the brakes at least for now on the soft-market pricing trend in the energy-insurance market, says a report from Willis Group.

In recent years, the use of engineered nanomaterials in consumer products like sunscreen, cosmetics, clothing and baby products has soared. As a result, substantial concern has developed because these tiny materials are often made of toxic substances, and closely resemble asbestos fibers.