As the price of copper and unemployment rates rise, theft of copper and other metals looms large for insurers and risk managers.

Successful implementation of the federal surplus lines reform law is threatened by the patchwork way it is being interpreted by the states, an industry representative told Congress today.

Successful implementation of the federal surplus lines reform law is threatened by the patchwork way it is being interpreted by the states, an industry representative told Congress today.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Don in the southern Gulf of Mexico is tracking toward parched southeastern Texas and is expected to make landfall late Friday.

Claims administration systems are being replaced at an increasing pace in the insurance industry according to research from Novarica (www.novarica.com), a research and advisory firm.

Claims administration systems are being replaced at an increasing pace in the insurance industry according to research from Novarica (www.novarica.com), a research and advisory firm.

Florida's largest property insurance company on Wednesday proposed an average increase of nearly 430 percent for optional sinkhole coverage in response to soaring claims and 8.8 percent for all other perils, including hurricanes, fire, and theft, all effective in 2012.

Florida's largest property insurance company on Wednesday proposed an average increase of nearly 430 percent for optional sinkhole coverage in response to soaring claims and 8.8 percent for all other perils, including hurricanes, fire, and theft, all effective in 2012.