Piracy on the high seas used to be a simple affair: Climb on board, take the valuables, and go.

A $40 medical bill might seem small but a West Virginia man says his five-year battle over paying it was a matter of principle.

Insurance broker Marsh & McLennan says it lost $8 million in the third quarter due in part to lower revenue in its risk consulting and technology business....

The state of Vermont has received $205 million in a lawsuit against accounts for an insurance company that went bankrupt a quarter century ago and left about 20,000...

Federal health officials said Friday they will soon address growing concerns about the lucrative commissions that some Medicare insurers plan to pay their agents and...

Insurance giant AIG is out after nearly a decade as the main U.S. Davis Cup sponsor, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.

More than 76,000 damage claims from Hurricane Ike have been filed with the Texas-backed windstorm insurance association, which expects to pay billions of dollars to...

It can be a fine line between investing and gambling. But in Las Vegas, you know the odds. On Wall Street, that’s not always the case.

The agency that protects U.S. bank deposits is asking Congress for temporary authority to boost deposit insurance limits as the government works to contain the...

Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that’s getting skimpier, researchers say.

A Kansas company that is part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has stopped selling private bank deposit insurance above the amount guaranteed by the...

Barry Schoch’s cell phone comes to life with “When the Saints Go Marching In” _ a reminder of the nine months he spent assessing damage from Hurricane...

Reversing itself, the Bush administration said Thursday that states for now won’t be penalized for failing to install restrictions making it harder for...

Nobody likes being visited by bad luck not even the insurance companies who have to dole out rather reluctantly those big amounts of money. The Assurall advert -...

Florida will pay $224 million to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for a guarantee that the state can borrow up to $4 billion if necessary to help cover future losses by its...

A high-tech monitoring device makes it possible to reduce insurance premiums for drivers who avoid jackrabbit starts and slam-on-the-brakes stops, an insurance company...

Two of California’s biggest health insurers have agreed to collectively pay $13 million and reinstate more than 2,000 insurance policies to settle claims with the...

Two senior citizens - one with ties to Massachusetts - were sentenced to life in prison without parole yesterday for murdering two indigent men to collect insurance...

Mary Wusterbarth thought her toddler was struggling with an ear infection when she seemed sluggish. Instead, a virus had attacked the little girl’s heart,...

A Delhi based company is offering the said product in association with New India Assurance Company.