Insurance benchmarking and best practices consulting firm Ward Group has released its list of the top 50 performing insurance companies for 2006. The "Ward's 50" is an annual analysis of the

CHICAGO--An outdated and inefficient state regulatory system unnecessarily raises U.S. insurance costs while discouraging domestic and foreign carriers' capacity growth, an industry leader told global

Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risk, has released version 5.1 of its Climetrix weather derivatives trading and portfolio

The New York-based insurer said Hurricane Protection Unit, providing the service through its Private Client Group, will send a specialist to meet with the policyholder and map out a plan to respond to

The New York-based insurer said Hurricane Protection Unit, providing the service through its Private Client Group, will send a specialist to meet with the policyholder and map out a plan to respond to

Terms of the deal were not released. ChoicePoint, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based provider of personal data services to the insurance industry, said the deal is not expected to have a material impact on its

Glen Curley, president and chief operating officer of Investors, stated: "We are delighted that Kent Kuster and his associates will now be part of the Markel/IUM family. This acquisition is another gr

Insurance Information Institute President Gordon Stewart will retire at year's end and be replaced on Jan. 1 by Robert P. Hartwig, now senior vice president and chief economist, the organization