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University of South Carolina geographers have produced a map of natural-hazard mortality in the United States. The map, featured in... Read More

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A+’ (Superior) from ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit... Read More

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today said it lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American National Insurance... Read More

The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry is enduring tremendous challenges in 2008 as underwriting and investment losses have promoted a sharp... Read More

A Delaware judge has approved a $115 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit against former executives of insurance giant American... Read More

America’s 600 underground coal mines would have to spend an estimated $278 million installing sophisticated electronic communications and tracking equipment... Read More

Small cars, which have become more popular with the fluctuation in gas prices, are becoming better equipped to protect motorists... Read More

The American Tort Reform Foundation’s (ATRF) annual Judicial Hellholes report, released on Dec. 16, sheds a spotlight on some of... Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court this week handed a surprising defeat to tobacco companies counting on it to put an end... Read More

A new report finds that hurricane risk models designed to predict insured losses in the U.S. from Atlantic hurricanes for... Read More