Rockwood Programs recently announced lower minimum premiums on its errors and omissions product for property-casualty agents on all new business and renewal accounts.  Read Story

The Kaiser Family Foundation today crystallizes in one sentence why the battle for comprehensive, federal health care reform failed. Instead of battling the reasons for rising costs, advocates for large-scale changes continue to vilify insurance companies.  Read Story

Diagnoses vary in Washington, D.C., on status of health care reform

While no one is ready to declare that health reform initiatives being weighed by Congress are dead, Democrats and Republicans have very differing views of the condition of one final piece of comprehensive legislation.   Read Story

Survey: Amid soft market, insurers to increase technology investment

With the outlook of a soft market continuing in 2010, 93% of property-casualty insurers responding to a new survey said they plan to increase their investments in automation technologies.  Read Story

CIGNA HealthCare promoted Julia Huggins, senior vice president of its mid-Atlantic sales and customer service team, to president of its mid-Atlantic market.  Read Story

Retired Pa. firefighter arrested for arson tied to insurance scheme

A retired Scranton, Pa., firefighter faces numerous charges, including arson and insurance fraud, in connection with a 2008 fire at an apartment building he owned that prosecutors say was torched to collect more than $215,000 in insurance on the property.  Read Story

New Jersey firm part of new in vitro fertilization insurance program

A California insurance agency has teamed up with a New Jersey-based fertility center to create what it says is the first in vitro fertilization insurance program.  Read Story

Insurer’s employee jailed for stealing $932,000 in agent commissions

An Americo Life Insurance Co. employee who fraudulently accessed agent commission accounts to steal more than $900,000 from the insurer was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.   Read Story

N.Y. hospitals may seek money lost in state budget cuts from insurers

New York Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to cut $1 billion from health care funding in the state could send hospitals to private insurers with hat in hand.  Read Story

White Mountains Re buying Central National Insurance for $5 million

White Mountains Re Ltd. is going to acquire Central National Insurance Co. of Omaha from Drum Financial Corp., the sixth runoff acquisition for the company.  Read Story