Two steps forward, one step back: For every couple of events that augured a definitive swing to a hard market this yeara major catastrophe here, increasing combined ratios theresome other factor contributed to helping keep prices soft, whether it was fear over the eurozone debt crisis or underwriters willing to...

One of the biggest gusts of change that blew through the industry in 2011: The revisions that catastrophe-modeler Risk Management Solutions made to its U.S. Hurricane Model.

Mobile apps from indie agents. Real-time processingnot only of personal-lines business, but also of midsize commercial accounts. Social media as a marketing essential. Cloud computing. The past 12 months saw a number of game-changing tech trends that are rapidly altering how agents and brokers do business.

With 2012 about to arrive, NU spoke with some of the key figures in the E&S/Specialty Markets arena to hear their assessments of where the biggest opportunities will be found in the year aheadand to get their take on the greatest challenges that will have to be faced over the...

While dozens of insurance companies made big news in 2011, none could come close to matching the sheer quantity of headlines grabbed by AIGthe recipient of an $182 billion government bailout and an industry giant whose Chartis division is one of the key P&C players.

Politicians, bureaucrats and industry associations kept our D.C. bureau chief, Arthur D. Postal, plenty busy in 2011. Here are his encapsulated reports on the quartet of congressional stories that mattered most this past yearand which will continue to be newsmakers in 2012.

The following is a list of advertisers appearing in AA&B during 2011. Numbers in parentheses after the name of an advertiser means its product is only available in certain parts of the country. Please check the map to determine where.

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