Personal Lines

Farmers Insurance Group says it has reached a settlement of a class-action lawsuit alleging the insurer underpaid medical expenses related to automobile accidents.

The Association of British Insurers says insurers are expecting significant losses of more than 100 million pounds ($162 million) from damages caused by rioting in boroughs of London and other cities.

Insurers and reinsurers will not be impacted by Standard & Poors U.S. sovereign rating downgrade, says the president of the Insurance Information Institute.

American International Group Inc. swung into the black with second quarter net income of $1.8 billion compared to a net loss of $2.7 billion for the second quarter a year ago.

Florida's largest property insurance company on Wednesday proposed an average increase of nearly 430 percent for optional sinkhole coverage in response to soaring claims and 8.8 percent for all other perils, including hurricanes, fire, and theft, all effective in 2012.

Florida's largest property insurance company on Wednesday proposed an average increase of nearly 430 percent for optional sinkhole coverage in response to soaring claims and 8.8 percent for all other perils, including hurricanes, fire, and theft, all effective in 2012.

Direct automobile insurance provider Esurance says same-sex partners in Illinois could be eligible for the same 10 percent discount given to married couples of the opposite sex.

Direct automobile insurance provider Esurance says same-sex partners in Illinois could be eligible for the same 10 percent discount given to married couples of the opposite sex.