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Corn farmers are getting the lion's share of U.S. crop insurance payments on losses caused mainly to drought last year - 63 percent of the record $12.3 billion paid so far, the Agriculture Department said on Monday.

The number of new federal securities fraud lawsuits seeking class-action status fell to a 7-year low in 2012, according to a study by Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research released on Wednesday.

Nations of the world will need to come to grips with climate change and seek ways to cut carbon emissions while fulfilling the growing need for energy consumptionall of which spells growth opportunities for insurers, a new report says.

The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act isnt set to expire until the end of 2014, but that doesnt mean it wont be an issue in 2013.

Cyber insurance maintained its double-digit premium-volume growth in 2012, with capacity high, pricing competitive and buyers increasingly willing to pull the trigger on both third- and first-party coverage. Thanks to a proliferation of data breaches, an ever-increasing number of regulations around the protection of private information, and the growing availability...

Among the flurry of last minute legislation filed by Massachusetts legislators last week, one bill would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance.