The health insurance market, as federal health reform continues to be implemented, “continues to be rational,” the CEO of Aetna said recently.

The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State have begun their annual Company Performance Surveys, gauging insurance producers’ views of the companies they represent.

Economic factors at the state level have affected the property-casualty insurance industry during the recession and could further influence operations in the near future, according to a new Conning Research & Consulting report.

Property-casualty insurers will need to raise rates as their combined ratios approach 110, according to the chairman and chief executive of CNA.

The medical malpractice insurance market appears likely to soften more, as insurers continue to battle what one ratings service calls “significant challenges.”

Connecticut’s attorney general is calling for an end of contractual clauses by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield he feels are hurting the state’s Charter Oak Health Plan for the uninsured.