Weather Risk

Ronnie Jolly allegedly hid his crop production from his insurance company to claim damage to his crop sufficient to trigger crop insurance indemnity payments, which are funded by the federal government through the FCIC.

Direct premiums written among the top 25 homeowners' insurance providers totaled over $94 billion in 2017, compared with $91.3 billion in 2016 and $89 billion in 2015.

Spring can't come soon enough for many across the United States. An extreme weather-ridden 2017 has come and gone, but 2018's outlook is still underway.

CEO Inga Beale said insurance contracts across Europe will remain at risk unless there's an agreement on how they should be treated in post-Brexit Europe.

Agents and brokers, insurers and policyholders have all learned from 2017's unrelenting hurricanes and wildfires, and will carry that knowledge with them going forward.

Citrus growers in Florida and others along the supply chain may have several insurance policies to look to for coverage as they recover from last year's devastating hurricane.