PROVIDENCE –– A statewide grand jury has handed up an indictment charging the former CEO of Beacon Mutual Insurance with two counts of stealing from the company and obtaining money under false pretenses. The indictment, issued Wednesday, accuses Joseph ... [full story]

The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has been very active in the number of storms but is likely to go down as a non-event for most people in the United States, which has so far dodged a major landfall, the top ... [full story]

WASHINGTON—Insurers and other non-bank financial companies are being asked for feedback regarding the extent of oversight authority the new Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) should have. The request was prompted by Sec. 113 of the new Dodd-Frank financial services ... [full story]