Severe storms that affected more than a dozen states earlier this month caused an estimated $50 million in insured losses in Georgia.

Severe storms that affected more than a dozen states earlier this month caused an estimated $50 million in insured losses in Georgia.

The City of West, Texas is suing a fertilizer company and its suppliers for unspecified damages suffered as the result of a devastating explosion at the retailer in April.

Insurers first-quarter underwriting income was $4.6 billion compared to a net loss on underwriting of $100 million during the same time in 2012.

They used to call Professor Nicholas K. Coch "Dr. Doom." Now they call him quite often.

Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway, led by the groups auto-insurance subsidiary Geico, leapt over Allstate in 2012 to become the second-largest P&C insurance group based on net premiums written.

PC360 sits down with Tommy Muska, mayor of (and insurance agent in) West, Texasa city rocked on April 17 by a massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Co., which destroyed 140 homes, an apartment complex, a nursing home, schools and municipal infrastructure.

West, Texas Mayor Tommy Muska says the community he leads needs federal funds to pay for what insurance does not.