More Americans are confident that their personal finances will improve in the next year, a trend resulting from increased retirement planning, a new study says.

The majority of American workers lack either short-term or long-term disability insurance, and just 25% of workers completely understand the offerings, according to a new study.

A Willingboro, N.J., woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $9,000 in disability benefits paid by The Hartford Insurance Co. by impersonating a doctor’s office employee and forging a doctor’s signature.

Connecticut-based The Hartford has received preliminary approval on a settlement to pay $72.5 million to resolve a class action suit accusing the firm of keeping millions in fees that should have been distributed to 21,000 accident victims.

For the third consecutive year, Erie Insurance has finished first in customer satisfaction among auto insurance shoppers in a study by J.D. Power and Associates.

National insurance companies are defending their business practices after being included on a list released by the California Department of Insurance of those refusing a voluntary moratorium on future investments in firms linked to Iran.

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

The Hartford is hoping to parlay its success at selling fixed universal life policies through banks and wirehouses to the independent agent distribution channel.

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

The insurance industry suffers from a poor public image, according to several property-casualty insurance executives, and that image problem is crippling its efforts to attract young workers.