There I sat at a round table in Beijing's Great Wall Hotel dining room some 21 years ago, with a vice chairman of the People's Insurance Company of China on one side and an attractive young lady on the other.

Over the last three months, this columnist has addressed threats to the infrastructure from terrorism and other hazards, as well as the fact that our nation, and its insurance industry, is extremely

One evening a couple of months ago, our niece called with a claim problem. It seems that her sister was involved in a collision on a bridge over Tampa Bay. She had stopped for a traffic jam and was

Hurricane Katrina, the storm that ruined the Big Easy, was a bit like my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Miller. She was harsh, strict, and demanding, but we learned.

Change is universal, impossible to avoid, and usually quite necessary. While most change is good, however, some change is irresponsible and does harm.

Key issues of interest to the property and casualty insurance industry were explored in depth in 50 different seminars during the four-day Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Annual Meeting held in Atlanta Oct. 22-25.

While speaking with a local insurance company adjuster the other day, he told me that he was awaiting word on a trial in another state. I asked him about the case, and he said that it was a toss-up, but he hoped that he would win.

There are lies -- and then there are statistics. Sometimes they can be identical.