After many years of bearish reviews, FBR insurance analyst Bijan Moazami has given  thumbs up to Marsh & McLennan and its relatively new CEO, Brian Duppereault, according to the Wall …  Read →

First, Eliot Spitzer painted a target on his back, says Hank Greenberg. Then, with the bailout of AIG, the fed hoped that it would be able to bring the company …  Read →

The Wall Street Journal reports that Morgan Stanley will soon offer a services-based pricing structure instead of one based on product.

While some independent brokerages offer such a plan — akin …  Read →

An opinion piece in the The Wall Street Journal did a bang-up job of analyzing the health “reform” proposal put forth by Sen. Max Baucus, and endorsed by President Obama.

Among …  Read →

This opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal spells it all out. Democrats in Congress are poised to create a national health care plan that will effectively put agents and …  Read →

This very short blog post in the Wall Street Journal asks the big question; wouldn’t it be great if someone in the new Administration actually paid attention to it?

Here is …  Read →

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario missed the boat in allowing mega-size insurer Conseco to shirk its responsibility in honoring long-term care insurance policies that it sold through a subsidiary, Senior Health …  Read →

Variable annuities appear to be causing stockholders at insurance companies like Hartford Financial Services, Lincoln National Corp. and Prudential Financial offering these products to develop a case of the jitters, …  Read →

According to a great column by Anna Wilde Mathews in the Wall Street Journal, Americans overall will fare slightly better under health care changes proposed by Sen. John McCain than …  Read →