Every cloud has a silver lining -- even the storm clouds of global warming, environmental disasters, and industrial pollution. These natural and manmade dangers can provide new insurance opportunities

A workers' compensation fraud case involving a Long Island cleaning service is one of the latest to be referred

Supreme courts in several states have handed down workers' compensation-related rulings lately that

Q. Florida Underwriter: The Cat Fund has been getting some very negative comments lately from the Florida Insurance Council, A.M. Best, and other industry observers. How bad do you think things are,

Putting together a magazine is a bit like completing a jigsaw puzzle every month: Everything has to fit, and we need to make sure that people want to view the "picture" when we're finished. However,

Reports from agents across the state reveal that some carriers are requiring a current property appraisal before they will write homeowners' coverage, which is actually not a bad idea. Citizens

"The fact they are from the same state is sheer luck," said Sam Friedman, editor-in-chief of the Property & Casualty edition of National Underwriter. "They just happened to be the best of the bunch

Although lawmakers didn't claim to be providing a permanent fix for Florida's property insurance market when they passed reform legislation in 2007, they did at least hold out hope that consumers