American International Group Inc. and the U.S. Department of the Treasury say they plan to offer a small portion of stock for an unset price.

State Farm calls dog bites a “serious public health problem” and says it paid $90 million on about 3,500 dog-bite claims last year.

Nationwide Insurance says its 2011 first-quarter net income increased 29 percent to $512 million on higher net operating income in the property and casualty and financial services segments.

Catastrophe risk modeler EQECAT has dramatically changed its estimate of insured losses from the Tohoku, Japan earthquake to between $22 billion and $39 billion.

AIR Worldwide says insured losses from the severe weather outbreak from April 22-28 will be between $3.7 billion and $5.5 billion.

Insurance-industry experts are cautioning that the death of Osama bin Laden does not represent the end of the terrorism threat for the United States. The threat, in fact, may worsen if terrorists seek to execute a reprisal attack.

Storms that spawned deadly tornadoes in the South from April 19 to April 27 are expected to cause between $2 billion and $5 billion in insured losses, according to modeling firm EQECAT.

Robert H. Benmosche, president and CEO of American International Group Inc., says the company is “ready to move forward” after reporting an 85 percent drop in first-quarter net income.