Personal Lines

Mississippi's governor signed a bill which avoided the possibility of 75,000 properties having to secure more expensive private insurance.

High satisfaction levels and renewal inertia pose stiff challenges to auto and home insurers looking to grow organically, a Deloitte Research survey of personal-lines consumers indicates.

Due to low catastrophe activity Keefe, Bruyette and Woods expects good first-quarter earnings for the property and casualty insurance industry.

Employment for property and casualty insurers fell in February compared to January, continuing a trend that began in 2008 during which P&C insurers have shed nearly 11,000 jobs, Insurance Information Institute President Robert Hartwig says.

More than 100 reported tornadoes touched down in the Plains states Saturday and early Sunday, leaving yet another path of destroyed homes, vehicles and businesses in their wake.

ACE's Evan Greenberg on government regulation, the Fed's Ben Bernanke on AIG and the "shadow-banking" system, Willis' Joseph Plumeri with advice for risk managers, and more.