US insurers reel amid fix probe
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Insurance firms are left  reeling as New York attorney general Elliot Spitzer sues Marsh & McLennan, the world's largest insurance broker, for taking illegal payments.
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Insuring companies for costs related to data breaches used to be a slow business, but after the multimillion-dollar TJX case, companies are suddenly scrambling for coverage -- and some are being rejected by insurers for inadequate policies and procedures.
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New York and Connecticut state officials said they are investigating whether improper behavior by insurance companies has been a factor in the rapidly rising cost of malpractice insurance for lawyers and doctors.
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U.S. stocks bounced higher on Tuesday  as battered insurers such as Marsh & McLennan Cos. MMC.N  gained on increased confidence of a quick resolution to New  York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe of the industry.
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Rules to prevent fraud going undetected at US companies are to be amended after complaints they are too costly.
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Eliot Spitzer&#39;s probe into bid-rigging and insurance practices is likely to usher in an era of greater transparency, decreased compensation for insurance brokers and revamped business models.
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Fed boss Ben Bernanke is monitoring problems at bond insurers that may see more sub-prime banking losses.
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The plunge in US insurance stocks widened to include companies such as Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. on concern New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer&#39;s probe of the industry will drag down profits.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly and the state Division of Insurance have each opened separate investigations of insurance companies and brokers to determine if any engaged in price fixing or other illegal sales practices that cheated customers out of the best prices for policies.
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US authorities are probing Societe Generale and events linked to the trading problems that cost the bank $7.19bn.
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U.S. stocks were lower on Tuesday as  health insurers' shares fell on worry that a probe by New York  Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is widening and will hit the  entire industry.
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By James Daley in London and Katherine Griffiths in New York. The UK regulator for the insurance industry has said it attempted to launch investigations into several of its member firms earlier this year, after
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TORRID times for with-profits policyholders are far from over. And, if concessions from life insurance giants are to be heeded, it could be all downhill from here.
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Ace Ltd., a big Bermuda insurer, is being investigated for its role in selling insurance that can smooth out volatile earnings.
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American International Group, one of the world&#39;s largest insurers, continues to clash with regulators, but Wall Street seems more puzzled than alarmed.
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American International Group Inc., the  world's largest insurer by market value, said on Thursday it  was the target of a federal grand jury investigation into  products that prosecutors say were concocted to help companies  manage their earnings.
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New York and Connecticut officials say they are investigating whether improper behavior by insurance firms has been a factor in the rapidly rising cost of malpractice insurance for lawyers and doctors.