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Mark your calendar for the major industry meetings of the coming year.JanuaryJan. 9Insurance Information Institute110 William StreetNew York, NY 10038www.iii.orgJoint Industry ForumWaldorf-AstoriaNew York, NYJan. 31-Feb. ...

Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Alessandro A. Iuppa as head of Government and Industry Affairs for General Insurance, and as Chief Government Affairs Officer, North America, the company

In today's blog entry, NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman asks readers to weigh in on the insurance industry's worst nightmare--repeal of its longtime exemption from federal antitrust laws. What would hap

The word out of Hollywood is that a TV pilot is being shot for a situation comedy featuring those ticked-off cavemen who make the GEICO commercials such a riot. What's next? A show with the AFLAC duck

For an industry that everyone claims is boring, there never seems to be a dull moment, as is demonstrated by the most significant property-casualty insurance stories of the year, chosen by NU Editor-I

There are so many investigations being launched into how insurers handled Hurricane Katrina losses that you wonder whether the inspectors will bump into one another as they poke around insurer claim f

In today's blog entry, NU Editor-In-Chief Sam Friedman blogs about the new book, "Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG," and invites readers to offer casting sugges

Now that State Farm has raised the white flag and cut a deal on water-related Hurricane Katrina claims in Mississippi, what does that mean for the rest of the property insurance industry, the flood ex