After several contentious months of legal maneuvers and an unsolicited acquisition offer, Validus Holdings Ltd. said it’s in talks with Transatlantic Holdings.

Validus Holdings Ltd. said …

Jerid Schmickle, senior vice president of the entertainment and sports division at NAS Insurance, explains how the economy is having an impact on companies who are moving into the …

After four years of litigation, two insurance carriers have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a South Carolina school district that sought to recover the millions the district had paid to the …

NAS Insurance, an underwriting manager, said it’s appointed Jerid Schmickle to lead its newly launched entertainment and sports division.

“Touring, special events, festivals and sports have …

The National Flood Insurance Program remains in budget limbo as the U.S. Senate rejected a House plan to fund the federal government through Nov. 18.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers …

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries has proposed the lowest workers’ compensation rate increase in five years, a change that L&I Director Judy Shurke attributed to major workers’ …

California insurance regulators have filed an administrative enforcement action against a unit of Ameriprise Financial, alleging it mishandled long-term care insurance claims and didn’t adopt …

Whether a controversial new federal long-term care insurance program has a future is in question after its staff was cut, its chief actuary resigned and it received no 2012 funding.

The …

Reinsurance Group of America Inc. continues its international expansion, opening an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, its first office in the Middle East.

Regulators in Dubai granted …

New York Life Insurance Co. said it’s named Senior Vice President Sue Ericksen to the post of chief information officer. Ericksen will be responsible for directing a staff of more than 1,000 …