A powerful earthquake that rocked the eastern Caribbean last month has for the first time triggered use of an insurance...
Hurricanes News
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld the 2006 rate increases for the state’s homeowners residual market insurer, the FAIR...
Jim and Iris Blevins still think of their modest tan house surrounded by trees as their real home, but nowadays...
The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the...
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-”...
While 2007 was a surprisingly calm year for hurricanes, that doesn’t mean Mother Nature didn’t have a tantrum or two....
New leaders tackled old issues and the region battled fire and rain. 1. No day at the beach Insurance markets...
High heat, changing winds put reputations on the line. 1. Florida’s gamble “It’s all about rates,” maintained Sam Miller, of...
Weather, directly or indirectly, was a driving force in the insurance markets for the South Central states of Arkansas, Louisiana,...
Munich Re’s loss figures for 2007 from natural catastrophes concludes that “despite the general absence of extreme events, overall economic...