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Editor's Note: The Iconoclast suggests that Tom Friedman's The World is Flat should be mandatory reading for all of us, as it tells us how our 21st Century world might look.

Indiana residents experienced more property damage than any other state last year, due largely to the fact that no severe tropical storms or hurricanes affected coastal regions.

There was a time when cars were only about getting from one place to another.

Editor's note: Last month, David Rioux outlined various initiatives brought together by certain fraud-fighting associations that were striving to increase the awareness of the fraud crisis.

In March, Menu Foods recalled dog and cat foods produced at two of its facilities and sold under a number of different brand names.

Ask insurance special investigation units and claim adjusters what they consider to be the most entertaining type of fraud to investigate, and workers' compensation fraud will likely top the list.

Travelers' new Claim University aims to keep the company's property and casualty adjusters in top mental form.

Predicting hurricanes and tropical storms isn't an exact science, as illustrated by the 2006 storm season.