E&S/Specialty

With the looming prospect of nearly $2 billion in professional liability claim payments, fallout of an alleged Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Bernard Madoff, insurers will likely embark on more careful

NEW YORK--The property-casualty industry is entering an "invisible hard market," with the bottom-line benefits of rising prices undermined by disappearing exposures in a contracting economy, the head

"Today we face a transformational moment," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., chief sponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act. "With a new Congress, a new administration, we have a chance to finally provide

Automaker Hyundai said it is offering a program, said to be unique in the United States, that will allow consumers to return cars and cancel their auto loans if they lose their jobs or experience any

The late-December deal which has American International Group selling Hartford Steam Boiler to Munich Re Group is the biggest recent deal in dollar terms to hit the specialty sector, but broker deals

Insurance associations representing brokers who sell excess and surplus lines insurance say they will work aggressively this year to get federal legislation reforming and modernizing the surplus