Insurer Stability Key When Choosing Coverage The recent flood of insurer insolvencies has left heads spinning in the property-casualty insurance world.

The major insurance rating agencies have reported that nearly 40 insurers were placed under supervision of regulators or into liquidation in 2002.

Familiar names like Reliance, Superior National and PHICOamong othersare no longer spoken except with regret.

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