Passed by a unanimous vote, the bill, which is opposed by the insurance industry, was sent on to the House. It would also require national insurers with in-place subsidiaries to disclose their overall

The Insurance Groundhog popped out of his hole on schedule this morning, but to the disappointment of carriers as well as their agents and brokers, but to the joy of risk managers, our furry friend

You know the country is getting serious about healthcare reform when Oprah Winfrey puts her considerable media might behind the cause, says NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman, who reviews her recent prog

Less than a year after being forced to resign due to a personal scandal, New York's former governor and attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, emerged from his self-imposed political exile to put in his two

All you need is 20-20 hindsight to pick the top-10 stories of the year that just passed, but predicting events that will rock the industry in the year ahead takes chutzpah! Check out NU Editor In Chie

With a Broadway theater about to be "named" after him, NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman reminisces about two brokers once famous on the Great White Way, and marvels at how important insurance is to mak

You are asked by an attorney friend to review a claims coverage opinion received from an insurance representative. When you read the opinion, you believe that parts of it are seriously flawed and inco

A State Farm spokesperson said today that the insurer was "disappointed" to learn that Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood plans to sue the firm over a failed class action settlement for policyholde