Smaller agencies selling employee-benefits services face increased compliance demands and lower commissions now that the healthcare-reform law has been upheld by the Supreme Court, but agents are not throwing in the towel just yet.

Despite Europes economic woes and record catastrophe losses, the top 10 European insurers increased their written premiums in 2011 by 3 percent over the previous year, according to a report released by Fundacin Mapfre.

A storm system wreaked havoc over the mid-Atlantic region over the weekend, causing wide spread destruction, while firefighters in Colorado made some headway against a major wildfire that has consumed close to 18,000 acres and forced thousands to evacuate their homes.

Insurers were able to breathe a collective sigh of relief in 2012s first quarter, as a dramatic drop in catastrophe losses helped the industry realize much needed improvement in profitability, says the Insurance Information Institutes president.

Insurers were able to breathe a collective sigh of relief in 2012s first quarter, as a dramatic drop in catastrophe losses helped the industry realize much needed improvement in profitability, says the Insurance Information Institutes president.

BB&T Insurance Services says it has added flood insurance to its suite of online-insurance offerings, making it the first insurance broker to the country to offer and sell flood insurance online in real time.

BB&T Insurance Services says it has added flood insurance to its suite of online-insurance offerings, making it the first insurance broker to the country to offer and sell flood insurance online in real time.

The largest city to file for bankruptcy protection in the United States will not spell doom for municipal-bond insurers, and only a dramatic rash of municipal failures would do serious damage to that industry segment, an economist says.