The tough task of guessing what hurricane season will look like could be even more difficult this year for forecasters, who won't be able to rely on the relatively predictable forces known as El Nino and La Nina.

The tough task of guessing what hurricane season will look like could be even more difficult this year for forecasters, who won't be able to rely on the relatively predictable forces known as El Nino and La Nina.

As a new hurricane season begins Wednesday, FEMA is working to determine how much money it overpaid or mistakenly awarded to victims of the destructive 2005 hurricane season.

Two diamond dealers were sent to prison Friday for more than a year for staging an elaborate heist in hopes of snaring insurance money to save their failing business

While many of the Joplin, Mo. tornado survivors had insurance, it could be months, if not years, before they can rebuild. FEMA said Monday it will consider bringing in trailers, as it did for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, if enough homes are not available.

While many of the Joplin, Mo. tornado survivors had insurance, it could be months, if not years, before they can rebuild. FEMA said Monday it will consider bringing in trailers, as it did for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, if enough homes are not available.

Global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on Wednesday said that it bought a Madison, Wis.-based retail insurance broker, its second acquisition in as many days.

Global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on Wednesday said that it bought a Madison, Wis.-based retail insurance broker, its second acquisition in as many days.