Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. won a victory in New York State Supreme Court when a judge ruled the insurance-brokerage firm did not violate an order barring former Aon employees from soliciting business on behalf of the firm.

After a near-record number of tornadoes in 2011, this year is gearing up to be another active season, according to AccuWeather.com.

Insurers are shifting the cost of risk to consumers and taxpayers, side stepping their traditional role of risk-takers and becoming experts at risk-avoidance, according to a report from the Consumer Federation of America.

Insurers are shifting the cost of risk to consumers and taxpayers, side stepping their traditional role of risk-takers and becoming experts at risk-avoidance, according to a report from the Consumer Federation of America.

Develop a specialty in the insurance business and you will never have to worry about staying employed, declared Patrick G. Ryan, the founder and former chief executive of the insurance-brokerage firm Aon in an address in New York yesterday.

Rates on Commercial All Risk Property policies saw across-the-board increases in January, climbing by nearly 6 percent in some cases, says insurance broker Marsh.

The near-depression-level economic depths that were reached following the financial meltdown of 2008 were so severe that even the super-rich were badly hurt.

If there wasnt already enough tension between Allstate agents and the company, a memo about a glitch in agents compensation may have added some more fuel to the fire.