Eleven Maryland-based insurance companies recently won an online auction of tax credits that generated $84 million for a program designed to invest in “promising” new in-state companies.

The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is now offering its medical benefits to transgendered employees and dependents.

A Bergen County, N.J., man was sentenced to eight years in state prison for filing more than $60,000 in fraudulent marine insurance claims.

Wells Fargo says it plans to appeal a Connecticut court ruling against its insurance brokerage, Acordia, regarding improper disclosure of contingent commissions.

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., a global insurer based in Bermuda, has opened an office in Princeton, N.J., to market its specialty insurance products in the U.S.

Twenty-six public entities in Ohio, including several public schools and colleges, will benefit from $9 million American International Group plans to pay to settle a lawsuit claiming violations of the state’s antitrust laws.

Citing events from the devastating Chilean earthquake to record snowstorms in the Northeast U.S., The Chubb Corp. announced it is estimating losses of nearly $290 million in its first quarter results.

Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. and Chubb & Son have entered into an underwriting agreement for workers’ compensation coverage for construction, energy and environmental customers.

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York recognized six insurance companies as outstanding partners this year.

The 2010 Insurance Day on the Hill will be held in Richmond Feb. 10 and 11. The annual event is a joint legislative program hosted by the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia, the Virginia Council of the National Association of Insurance Women, the Virginia Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA-Virginia) and the Greater Richmond CPCU Society.