Insurers will struggle to find growth and profits because of ongoing challenges caused by the global economy, according to a new forecast.

The organization representing state insurance commissioners is promoting life insurance as an “overlooked” potential source of immediate funds.

A global ratings agency predicts a stable outlook for the U.S. property-casualty insurance sector in 2012 after this year’s weak profitability.

The Lockton Monthly Update, which tries to forecast the property-casualty market’s pricing, has suggested twice in the last month that commercial insurance rates, at least in some sectors, are starting to harden.

The number of market pessimists among America’s wealthy is slightly higher than optimists, according to a new survey.

The stock market is going to appear at the end of this quarter to be in the same state as it is now, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.

Job loss resulting from the recession caused workers’ compensation coverage to fall in 2009, the biggest decrease in two decades, according to a new report.

Life insurance seems to get short shrift in discussions among clients and financial advisors, perhaps because of its complexity, a new survey and industry expert suggest.

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Low interest rates and political unrest are two insurance industry challenges that life insurers and property-casualty companies say keep them awake at night.

More than half of American motorists have made changes in their lifestyles in response to the current economy, and those changes could affect their car insurance, according to new research.