Capital markets opportunities for reinsurers!

Investments from the capital markets in various forms now provide around 14 percent of the total capital dedicated to providing reinsurance – approximately $35 billion [$17 billion in cat bonds] out of $250 billion.

IPISC created the InventPro Insurance Program to help level the playing field for inventors and small companies.

Louisville, Ky. headquartered Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation (IPISC), which focuses on intellectual property (IP) insurance risks, has launched the InventPro Abatement Insurance program.

11 percent have a high level of understanding health reform implications

Despite 92 percent of U.S. adults being aware of healthcare reform, most lack a comprehensive understanding of how it may impact them, a survey indicates.

Every citizen should have health insurance

A visit to the doctor can cost hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars, and medications can be just as expensive each month. Trips to the emergency room only further increase the cost of medical care, and are one of the fastest ways to rack up a bill in the thousands. Finally, surgical care, anesthesiology and hospital stays make paying for your own health care nearly impossible.

AMEX Assurance Company, seeks to void a travel insurance policy

An American Express subsidiary is suing a Maryland man who was jailed for months in Aruba in the suspected death of his traveling companion.

The subsidiary, AMEX Assurance Company, seeks to void a travel insurance policy that Gary Giordano, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, took out in Robyn Gardner’s name before their Caribbean vacation last year.