The focus of some sharp criticism in recent days, the nation’s private insurance companies are now taking Washington, D.C., to task for painting them as the bad guys, solely responsible for rising healthcare costs.

If life insurance companies take the “back-to-basics” approach to survive, then they may suffer this year, according to an industry analyst.

Despite the lingering effects of the financial crisis and other challenges, the property-casualty industry has remained focused on its core business, said CEOs of a handful of property-casualty insurers.

The states’ insurance commissioners have gone on the offensive after several media reports questioned the efforts of state insurance regulators in the handling of American International Group Inc. policies.

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The president of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) is voicing his concern over efforts in Washington, D.C., to reform health care and state insurance regulation, likening it …  Read →

Be it known: I am NOT a fan of federal regulation of the insurance industry. Creating another federalbureaucracy(e.g. IRS, Social Security, et al) is not in our best interest, especially …  Read →