Swiss Re posted a surprise second-quarter net loss on Wednesday as charges on corporate bond hedges, securitized products and its own credit spreads ate up operating returns. Zurich-based Swiss … Read the rest of this great post here

For one quarter at least, Warren Buffett may look like the Oracle of Omaha again. Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Buffett’s insurance and investment company, may end six straight quarters of lower net … Read the rest of this great post here

EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has appointed Jeff Parkhurst as principal in its San Francisco office. … Read the rest of this great post here

Florida officials today arrested two people associated with a Jacksonville glass company on charges that they overbilled insurers for as many as 1,300 windshield replacement claims. A total of … Read the rest of this great post here

Insurance industry merger consultant Merger & Acquisition Services, Inc. (M&A) reports that it has been awarded a $1.76 million judgment against a former officer of the company who kept M&A … Read the rest of this great post here

Jaclyn Schiff a writer for Kaiser Health news recently penned an article about insurance agents and how impending health care reform might impact those that sell individual health insurance.  According to the article, the changes that are being considered could significantly change the way they do business. Schiff spoke to two health insurance agents to […]

According to the article “Blue Cross Says It Will Cover Swine Flu Vaccine” by Shelia M. Poole on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s website, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia announced this week that it will include the H1N1 virus, also known as the Swine Flu, in its flu vaccine coverages. Blue Cross and Blue Shield […]

The Ohio Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on its amended escrow account review rule about which the OIATA has expressed some concerns.

The charges come after a HUD-funded fair housing agency received a tip that an Atlanta condominium association had employed a policy of rejecting offers from buyers with children.