Colorado farmers and ranchers are bracing for widespread damage to the agriculture industry, one of the state's leading economic engines, from deadly floodwaters that already have caused property losses estimated at nearly $2 billion.

Colorado farmers and ranchers are bracing for widespread damage to the agriculture industry, one of the state's leading economic engines, from deadly floodwaters that already have caused property losses estimated at nearly $2 billion.

British insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group is buying Towers Watson's reinsurance brokerage for $250 million, accelerating an expansion into the United States.

Property losses from deadly flooding in Colorado will total nearly $2 billion, about half from housing and half from the commercial and government sectors, catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat said.

Property losses from deadly flooding in Colorado will total nearly $2 billion, about half from housing and half from the commercial and government sectors, catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat said.

The new U.S. farm bill might violate World Trade Organizationrules against trade-distorting subsidies, major U.S. business groups said in an appeal to revamp the bill, which is already facing slim odds of passage.

By rolling out television, print and billboard marketing campaigns on Monday, Zurich Insurance is aiming to advertise business as usual after a suicide and resignation in the Swiss insurer's top ranks.

By rolling out television, print and billboard marketing campaigns on Monday, Zurich Insurance is aiming to advertise business as usual after a suicide and resignation in the Swiss insurer's top ranks.