Assistant Maryland Attorney General Steven Sullivan told a three judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., that the state law conforms to a federal statute mandating equal
Incorporated in 1950, William H. Connolly & Co. is a retail insurance broker offering commercial and personal insurance products and services, as well as employee benefit packages and individual and g
The Chicago-based firm said it had closed on the sale of Aon Warranty Group, including Virginia Surety Company, to Warrior Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of Onex Corporation. Also sold was Constructi
In perhaps his last parting shot at the industry as New York's attorney general, Eliot Spitzer rocked the insurance world by notifying four major insurers that they are no longer allowed to dole out b
The fourth largest auto insurer in California said it plans to reduce rates as much as 7 percent, becoming the first carrier to implement new regulations that reduce a driver's location as a rating fa
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Tom Gallagher, Florida's chief financial officer, announced that the pilot phase of the My Safe Florida Home program ended today and his goal of completing 12,000 inspections by the Nov. 30 end of the
In outlining an agenda for the panel, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., also said he will support an optional federal charter for life insurers, but is "skeptical" whether it would be appropriate for proper
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced today that his office has notified four major insurance companies they can no longer pay controversial contingent commissions to agents and brokers th
In an annual report from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, the department declared that solvency risk does not appear to be an issue among medical malpractice insurers and that adverse reser