The U.S. tort system, seen by many as the best area to focus health care reform, is not as costly a system as some suggest, according to a new analysis by a consumer coalition.

Commercial property-casualty insurance prices enjoyed a “modest increase” during the third quarter, after enduring steady decreases for the past five years, according to a survey.

Many employers plan to adjust their health benefits to ensure that any requirements of health care reform will not cost them more.

The depressed market value on fixed-income securities is expected to hurt the financial performance of life insurance companies, according to a survey of their chief financial officers.

The survey, conducted by …  Read →

Claims officers for property-casualty companies plan to put money into technological improvements over the next two years.

A survey, from the Towers Perrin global professional services company, found that 74% of …  Read →

Pent-up demand, as the economy improves, could fuel a dramatic increase in life insurance mergers and acquisitions, a new survey of life firms suggests.

A new Towers Perrin survey found that …  Read →

The soft commercial insurance market may be hardening, new data suggests.

Commercial insurance prices declined 3% in the fourth quarter of last year, the smallest reduction in the past two years, …  Read →