NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robert Benmosche, the newly appointed chief executive of AIG (NYSE:AIG - News), has started to cut up the insurer's restructuring plan, deciding it is better to hold on to an investment advisory unit that is part of the insurer's ... [full story]

Want Loyal Customers? Send Them Paperless Bills * { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, serif; } Over the last decade, the insurance industry has seen dramatic changes in the billing and payment process. In order to keep up, insurers now need to ... [full story]

MIAMI (Reuters)—Hurricane Bill, the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season, revved up quickly as it headed towards Bermuda on Monday, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Ana posed a waning threat to the U.S. Gulf oil patch. ... [full story]

Several states prone to natural disasters are measuring the odds on a mega-bet. Concerned observers say those calculations are based on "Lady Luck" and "rolling the dice." Public insurance programs in some coastal states are flirting with the notion ... [full story]