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Lloyd's of London insurer Beazley swung to a first-half profit as claims fell back to more normal levels following a sharp catastrophe-induced increase a year ago.

The drought ravaging America's prime farmland is having an unexpected consequence that could shape the future of agricultural finance: in some cases, farmers who have amped up their insurance coverage may be giving up on their crops early rather than to trying to save them.

An estimated four billion peoplemore than half the worlds populationwill be tuning in to what the BBC calls the first truly Digital Olympics.

Canceling the London Olympics due, for example, to a security threat would result in damages of more than $4.9 billion, Andrew Duxbury, underwriting manager at Munich Re, told a German newspaper.

The scathing investigative report regarding the handling of child sex abuse at Pennsylvania State University by Gerald A. Sandusky supplies plaintiffs attorneys with a roadmap of everything that went wrong.

Insurers are worried Katy Perry's bra may hurt her while performing on tour.