WASHINGTON (AP) – The individual insurance requirement that the Supreme Court is reviewing isn't the first federal mandate involving health care. There's a Medicare payroll tax on workers and employers, for example, and a requirement that hospitals provide free ... [full story]

NEW YORK—Slumping valuations for insurance companies may dampen merger and acquisition activity in 2012, according to a report released Thursday by PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. The report, “Balancing uncertainty and opportunity: 2012 U.S. financial services M&A insights,” says valuation gaps have ... [full story]

If you think you're safer talking to your dashboard than into your phone, some say you should think again. Automakers are rapidly adding voice controls for phones, navigation and other dashboard tasks to reduce distraction, but safety experts disagree ... [full story]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Alaska and Wyoming are the biggest benefactors of Monday's announcement by the Department of Transportation that it intends to set aside nearly $62 million for states to cover repair costs for roads and bridges damaged by natural ... [full story]

Friends don't let friends drive drunk. In the future, your car could be that friend. The technology exists to have a car refuse to start when it senses the driver has been drinking. But as Joseph White reports on ... [full story]

Almost half the nation's older drivers worry about losing their freedom and mobility when it's time to give up driving, according to a new survey by auto club AAA. Eighty-eight percent of drivers 65 and older said the inability ... [full story]

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration stipulated the incontestable to a disgruntled federal court on Thursday, formally declaring that “the power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation is beyond dispute.” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., bowing ... [full story]

Emerging reform of no-fault car insurance policies will likely lower loss ratios in certain states, according to Fitch Ratings. The rating agency found that the loss ratio was 75 percent in no-fault states in 2009 and 2010 compared to 63 ... [full story]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is. During the recent ... [full story]

Customer retention is the top priority among property/casualty insurers this year, according to a new study. A Gartner survey of IT leaders in North America reported that 81 percent felt that customer retention is extremely important to them with customer ... [full story]