Record Crop Claims Fuel Debate Over Government Subsidies for Farmers March 25, 2013 By David Pitt Farmers will be paid a record $16 billion in crop insurance claims for 2012 because of the widespread drought, a...
Lobbyists Keep Battling As Obamacare Turns 3 March 25, 2013 By David Morgan Eight months before President Barack Obama’s health care law goes prime time, a confederation of industry and business groups is...
Supreme Court to Hear Drugmakers’ ‘Pay for Delay’ of Generic Products Case March 22, 2013 By Diane Bartz The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic...
Sandy Losses Wiped Out Entire U.S. Marine Premiums for 2012: IUMI March 22, 2013 The cost of Superstom Sandy to the global marine market has been put at between $2.5 billion and $3 billion...
Philadelphia Launches New Media Liability Coverage March 22, 2013 Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) has launched a new insurance coverage offering for both media companies and organizations that create or...
State Auto Introduces Data Compromise Plus March 22, 2013 The State Auto Insurance Cos. have created a new data breach policy called Data Compromise Plus to address this growing...
Turning Tornado Debris Into Better Storm Warnings March 22, 2013 By Jeff Martin Photos and mementoes that were snatched up and blown hundreds of miles during tornados in the south of the United...
Doctors Offer Guidelines on Sports Concussions March 22, 2013 By Malcolm Ritter When athletes are suspected of having a concussion, they should be taken out of action immediately, new guidelines from a...
Agents Seek Mobile Apps for Customer Self-Service, Sales Help: Survey March 21, 2013 Independent agents and brokers want their customers to be able to “self-serve” on mobile devices, and sales and quotes are...
Keogh Resigns as Eqecat President; Little Named to Succeed Him March 21, 2013 Bill Keogh has resigned as president of catastrophe risk modeling firm Eqecat, according to the company, and Paul Little has...