Property/casualty insurers remained profitable in 2008 despite taking hits from several catastrophes, the recession and the ongoing financial crisis. P/C...
Hurricanes News
A hurricane insurance bill that would help Florida reduce its multibillion-dollar exposure in the state’s tenuous insurance market moved through...
Seven Alabama counties will benefit from some $5.8 million in federal money for flood map modernization. Officials say the grant...
A new industry briefing shows reinsurance rates continuing to increase for the U.S. property-catastrophe reinsurance market for April 1, 2009...
Citing cooler seas and the prospect of a weak El Nino, Colorado State University’s hurricane team lowered its 2009 Atlantic...
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., based in Columbus, Ohio, on April 3 laid off 480 employees and contractors across the country,...
Global warming should lift sea levels along the U.S. Northeast nearly twice as fast as global rates this century, putting...
As 2008 Hurricane Claims Enter Court and New Season Approaches, Katrina Issues Linger The 2008 hurricane season was the sixth...
Federal Aid “We need a more disciplined, structured plan for providing federal assistance following any major natural disaster.” —U.S. Sen....
The Texas insurance industry lost nearly $1.4 billion in 2008. According to figures released by the Texas Department of Insurance,...