Allstate reunited a customer with the 1972 Corvette Stingray that was stolen from her more than 40 years ago.

Drug overdoses and car accidents are more likely to kill Americans than plane crashes and cataclysmic storms.

U.S. workers compensation insurers posted their first underwriting profit since 2006, helping the industry counter lower yields on bond portfolios.

PartnerRe Ltd. will ask its shareholders to vote on a planned merger with Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. after Exor SpA refused to raise a $6.8 billion hostile bid for the reinsurer.

Axis CEO Albert Benchimol, whos working to complete a merger with PartnerRe, said his company can withstand a collapse of the deal and that a termination fee would soften the blow.

The Belgium-based operation will be renamed AIG Global Benefits Network.

Alleghany rose the most since December as Reuters reported that the company was approached about the possible sale of its Transatlantic reinsurance unit.

PartnerRe said it would engage in discussions with hostile bidder Exor to seek a better offer than the $6.8 billion proposal that the target company called unacceptable.