West Virginia’s House of Delegates has approved a bill requiring insurance companies to provide policy information in advance of claims. The bipartisan bill that passed 64-33 would allow people filing a file claim to learn the policy’s coverage limits, ... [full story]

Long-awaited rules aimed at helping drivers avoid unintentionally backing over children are being delayed again following complaints from automakers that requiring rearview video cameras systems on new cars and trucks would be too expensive. In a letter to lawmakers, ... [full story]

You normally can't buy insurance to cover your losses when you commit a crime such as bank robbery. But you can now buy insurance specifically tailored for certain misdemeanor crimes of health-care fraud. Corporate insurance broker Marsh and ... [full story]

Consumers, already contending with the rising cost of gasoline, food, and other necessities, could now also face sharply higher home insurance premiums. After several years of modest increases, insurance companies are raising rates to offset a big jump in ... [full story]

(Reuters) - Less than a year after a series of tornadoes caused some of the worse insured losses in U.S. history, the insurance industry is likely facing substantial costs again after storms killed at least 33 people on Friday. ... [full story]

The politics of global warming have typically involved much debate as to the role climate change plays in growing weather-related risk.  Yesterday, however, at a Capital Hill a press conference on the cost of climate change, debate was not on ... [full story]

Fortune Magazine’s list of the 50 Most Admired Companies only includes one insurer, Berkshire Hathaway, at No. 7. However, the news outlet ranked insurers separately in their own categories: “Property and Casualty,” “Life and Health” and “Health Care: Insurance and ... [full story]

That $279 million no-fault insurance scam cops busted Thursday gives added value to the term “ambulance-chasing.” It also shows why New Yorkers, who indirectly foot the tab for the fraud, need serious reform from Albany. (And never mind the ... [full story]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attacked as a rationing scheme and praised as a lifesaver, President Barack Obama's health care law remains as divisive and confusing as ever. But a new poll finds Americans are less worried that the overhaul will undermine ... [full story]

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it will sell $6 billion worth of American International Group Inc. stock and struck another deal for the insurer to pay down $8.5 billion more in obligations, taking a major step forward ... [full story]