The NCCI 2010 Issues Symposium in Orlando earlier this month brought good and bad news to the hundreds gathered for the annual smorgasbord of data and details served up by industry experts.

A new study by the AFL-CIO with the provocative title, "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect," offers a nationwide state-by-state profile of worker safety and health in the U.S.

Florida's legislature passed a bill to allow property insurers to apply more quickly for rate increases of up to 10 percent under certain conditions.

In tribute to the final days of the 2010 legislative session, I bring you insight from a previous century.

Pulling-the-plug-on-grandma scenarios. The N-word and other ugly epithets. Shouts of "baby killers." Vanquished politicos exhorting mobs, "Don't Retreat, Reload." Bricks crashing through windows of congressional offices.

The New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud mined reports from the New York State Insurance Department Frauds Bureau and struck fool's gold.

Chinese drywall may be getting all the press coverage of late, but an older and more familiar foe continues to plague America's buildings.

Kathy Baylis wants to buy you dinner. Well, maybe not you specifically. She is more interested in the big shots from up North.