Insurance Industry

Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images MIAMI -- A consumer advocacy group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Cigna saying a new policy discriminates against people with HIV and AIDS and violates the...

Wayne Parry/APGigi Liaguno-Dorr is overwhelmed with emotion while discussing her decision to close Jakeabob's, the Union Beach, N.J., restaurant she used to operate. UNION BEACH, N.J. -- Superstorm Sandy tr...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, stranding travelers around the globe. Insurers are bracing for possible damages of $5 billion. Retailers face shrunken sales. Hurricane Sandy too...

Alamy As you get older, it may seem less and less prudent to carry life insurance. You could be retired, own your home outright and have kids who are self-sufficient. While for most people insurance is inte...

The Federal Reserve plans to publish the names of companies that received a total of $3.3 trillion in emergency aid during the financial crisis. The Fed will publish the names on its website at 12 noon ET, Bl...

Sept 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. government cut its stake in American International Group Inc (AIG) to about 21.5 percent on Monday, making a profit of $12.4 billion on the insurer's crisis-era bailout and bring...

Alamy Thinking about your life insurance is not much fun, and far too many people ignore this necessary task. Too few people have adequate life insurance coverage. And the ones who do aren't getting the best ...

ChinaFotoPress/Getty ImagesBerkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charles Thomas Munger, left, and CEO Warren E. Buffett attend a conference in Beijing in 2010. This weekend, somewhere in the neighborhood of 40,000 c...

It may be the perfect gift for the person who has everything: a Walgreen (WAG) gift card good for one flu shot. As part of a nationwide rollout, Walgreens will offer the gift cards as well as round-the-clock, ...

So much for Irene. Stock indexes rose sharply Monday after it became clear that the tropical storm caused far less damage than many had feared. Stocks rose broadly, led by insurers. The Dow Jones industrial av...

Last week, Wells Fargo (WFC), the biggest name in the nation's reverse mortgage market, announced that it was getting out of the business, citing concerns that housing prices could continue to erode further. Th...