A bill that would provide driver safety grants to states with graduated driver licensing (GDL) laws meeting certain minimum requirements was introduced to the U.S. Senate March 9.

Independent insurance agents ranked in the middle of the pack in a survey of customers’ experience, while insurance providers ranked well ahead of health insurance plans in the annual analysis.

Four more auto insurers have reached a settlement with Massachusetts’ attorney general to correct thousands of driving records as officials now turn their attention to the use of private databases for rating purposes.

A Washington state-based general agency focusing on long-term care insurance is planning to train 320 new agents this year.

Seventeen people from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including a chiropractor and lawyer, face charges of mail fraud in connection with a scheme to cheat insurers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by staging phony auto accidents.

On the heels of the president’s trip to New Orleans, Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) is calling for reform to the National Flood Insurance Program, including the addition of wind coverage.

Homeowners, believing they are getting a better value and more discounts on coverage for their properties, reported the greatest level of satisfaction with their homeowners’ insurance company in the last five years, according to a new study.

Douglas J. Holtz, a commercial underwriting consultant with Liberty Mutual Agency Markets in Carmel, Ind., was officially installed as president and chairman of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Society for 2009-2010.

USAA, an insurance company for members of the military and their families, has signed a 10-year agreement to sponsor the annual Army-Navy football game.

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Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance has been named to the Ward’s 50, a list of the top property-casualty insurers in the nation based on safety, consistency and performance over a five-year …  Read →