Property-Casualty Insurance

Moody's Investors Service affirmed Aa3 (excellent) insurance financial strength ratings for The Hartford Financial Services Group on Wednesday, but it put the company's A2 (upper medium grade) debt rating on review for possible downgrade. Moody's said it...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ The insurer American International Group Inc. said Friday it plans to sell off a number of business units to pay off its massive government loan. The announcement was expected by Wall Street. But it now leaves investors wondering...

U.S. stock indexes on Friday declined for a third consecutive day, with the Dow Jones industrial average obliterating a more than 300-point gain as concerns intensified that the $700 billion rescue plan won't unfreeze credit markets. "Indicators on the...

HARLEYSVILLE GROUP RELEASES HOLDINGS INFO Harleysville Group Inc. released information regarding its exposure to certain credit-impacted securities, as well as claims activity related to hurricanes in the current quarter. Harleysville Group holds $6...

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Republican John McCain protected offshore tax shelters worth billions of dollars to U.S. insurance giants. In his second trip in four days to this battleground state Tuesday, Biden said McCain...

State insurance commissioners want a closer relationship with the federal government -- but not if it comes with additional oversight. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says it supports H.R. 5840, the Insurance Information Act of 2008....

The failure of AIG has generated comments by public figures to the effect that the people insured by AIG must be protected. This, in turn, will fan fears of more insurance company failures. It is not widely understood that we already have an effective...

First mortgage lenders. Then Wall Street investment firms. Now insurance companies? Several dozen jittery Marylanders called state regulators yesterday in reaction to big insurer American International Group's struggles to stay solvent - it eventually...

The Hartford Financial Services Group has rearranged senior management in its property-casualty insurance business and created a new position aimed at growth in targeted industries. Juan Andrade, who had been executive vice president and head of the...

The Hartford Financial Services Group has rearranged senior management in its property-casualty insurance business and created a new position aimed at growth in targeted industries. Juan Andrade, 42, who had been executive vice president and head of...

A day after the U.S. government extended $85 billion to bail out American International Group Inc., state and local leaders and insurance policyholders scrambled to assess the fallout in Florida. The global insurance giant's financial woes primarily...

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