Export Development Canada has stopped writing new polices to protect Canadian auto parts makers in the event of a bankruptcy filing by Chrysler.

Export Development Canada has stopped writing new polices to protect Canadian auto parts makers in the event of a bankruptcy filing by Chrysler.

A sort of low-grade fear has set in among policyholders at insurance companies of all sorts. Is there anything you can do to protect yourself?

What has happened in the past when insurance companies have gone under? What might happen to your life policy or annuity in a worst case scenario? Is there anything you can do to protect yourself?

Women pay much more than men of the same age for individual health insurance policies.

The insurance industry has been removing a policy loophole that insured drivers on racetracks.

Insurance companies are now being battered like Wall Street banks were last month, suggesting a similar round of consolidation and recapitalization.

Edward J. Zore of Northwestern Mutual discusses the changes that might be afoot in the insurance industry.

Astonishingly, the United States government still insures only the same level of savings — $100,000 per individual account — it did when Ronald Reagan occupied the White House.

An exploration of A.I.G.’s demise offers insights into the virally connected financial world that is now imploding.