Swiss Re says it declined 23 of 170 business transactions it screened, determining that they failed to meet the insurer's conditions for proper social, economic and environmental behavior.

Denis Brady has been on the job just a few days, but he has a vision of how the retail insurance brokerage establishment will benefit from Burns & Wilcox Brokerage.

Insurance broker Brown & Brown says its E&S professional liability products will now be marketed and sold under the ECC Insurance Brokers Inc. brand.

The brother of the chief executive of insurance broker Marsh will lead Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., an underwriting manager of professional liability and specialty insurance programs.

Firemans Fund Insurance Co. has named a new President and CEO, Andrew Torrance, to succeed Lori Fouche, who has left to become president and chief operating officer at Prudential Group.

Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to a request by the Securities and Exchange Commission to refine its disclosure of catastrophe and other losses.

Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to a request by the Securities and Exchange Commission to refine its disclosure of catastrophe and other losses.

A recent poll finds Americans are not comfortable with the collection of electronic data and are highly skeptical about it, but give the insurance industry decent marks.