Troubled times for insurers
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IT HAS been a rough few years for insurers - and, this week, it just got a lot worse. The attack by Eliot Spitzer, New Yorkâs attorney general, on the probity of the United States insurance industry - and
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Individual investors are struggling to find a balanced approach at an unreliable time for the market.
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Hurricane Frances threatens to deliver a powerful blow to private insurers and reinsurers and could cause severe challenges for some companies, Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s said on Friday.
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So far employers and their workers have been slow to accept health savings accounts as an alternative to conventional health insurance.
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The notion that the failure of even one big bond insurer might touch off a chain reaction of losses across the financial world has unnerved Wall Street.
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Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.
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Private equity firms, until recently  the high flyers of finance, have had a tough summer.
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American International Group, one of the world's largest insurers, continues to clash with regulators, but Wall Street seems more puzzled than alarmed.
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Facing growing consumer concern over soaring costs, America's health insurers are more eager to participate in reform now than in the 1990s, but they will still fight any attempt to reduce their profits, policy experts say.
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The ups and downs in the stock market are among the mildest experienced for more than a century, and that is provoking anxiety in some investment advisers.
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As a new enrollment period gears up, employers are bracing for how much it is going to cost to cover their workers&#39; health. Although insurance premiums are expected to rise at a slower rate than
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Auto insurer posts strong earnings, but a down cycle may be about to begin.
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Disability insurance can stave off financial calamity, but policies vary significantly.
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MARSH &amp; McLENNAN, the worldâs biggest insurance broker, was last night facing a potentially crippling downgrade of its credit rating by Standard &amp; Poorâs, after its borrowing power was all but frozen by its bankers.
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Countrywide, the nationâs largest mortgage lenders, has been struggling to deal with the troubles in the mortgage industry.
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European insurance stocks fall on the back of subprime bond claim worries.
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With three major airlines now in a fiscal tailspin, concern is growing not only that this industry may be facing a large-scale pension funding crisis, but also that all defined benefit plan sponsors could wind up paying for these companies&#39; failures.