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    Liberty Mutual Group to Acquire Safeco Corporation For $68.25 Cash Per Share
    Liberty Mutual Group Will Become Fifth Largest U.S. Property and Casualty Insurer Based on Combined 2007 Direct Written Premium of $26.2 Billion
    Liberty Mutual Group (“Liberty Mutual”) and Safeco Corporation (“Safeco”) (NYSE: SAF) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Liberty Mutual will acquire...
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    Federal Court Approves Nationwide Furnace Settlement With Carrier Corporation Involving High-Efficiency Carrier, Bryant, Day & Night and PayneFurnaces
    Class counsel announced that United States District Court Judge Ronald B. Leighton today granted final approval to a nationwide settlement in a class action lawsuit filed by current and past owners of high-efficiency furnaces manufactured...
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    Majority of October Fire Insurance Claims Resolved
    IINC Survey Finds Nearly 90% of Disaster Claims Settled
    A new survey of insurance companies estimates that nearly 90 percent of claims stemming from the devastating October fire and wind storms have been settled.
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    Workers’ Compensation Costs Per Claim in North Carolina Continued to Rise Rapidly, Says New WCRI Study
    Overall Costs Per Claim Fairly Close to Median of 14 Study States
    Workers’ compensation costs per claim in North Carolina grew 6-14 percent annually throughout the study period, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).
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