California was the only state in the nation to receive consistently top marks across the board on a recent ranking of traffic safety laws conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The study examined the strength of traffic ... [full story]

Given the enormity of the financial crisis, a predisposition toward bold legislative action among lawmakers seems natural. Yet, a measured, surgical response that takes into account the peculiarities of insurance while recognizing its central place in the financial services industry ... [full story]

A hard insurance market may not be on the horizon any time soon, according to wholesale line executives, but no signs of pessimism were evident among attendees of this year’s meeting of the American Association of Managing General Agents. In his ... [full story]

Rates in the transportation insurance segment continued to level off through the 2009 first quarter, even as the number of new entrants increased, according to a new survey. That finding came from a poll by Woodbridge, N.J.-based NIP Group, a specialty ... [full story]