Auto-insurance claims specialist Solera files $460 million IPO (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Solera Holdings, an auto claims-processing firm made up of former Swiss Re and Automatic Data Processing units, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Monday to raise up to $460 million in an initial public offering.

Jimcor Adds Business Auto Coverage for N.J. Artisan Contractors (Insurance Journal)
Insurance broker Jimcor Agencies has announced a new facility to provide business auto coverage for artisan contractors, mobile catering trucks, manufacturers and distributors in New Jersey. The c

State Farm halts new insurance in Mississippi (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. said it will stop writing new homeowner and commercial insurance in Mississippi following a legal battle over damage claims there from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.