Associated Press

• Feds Uncover Biggest Crop Fraud Ring in the Country

  By Staff Writer, Associated Press  |  March 12, 2013

  Dozens of agents, adjusters, brokers and farms charged with jail time and restitution in costly $100 million scheme

• Crews Focus on Containment Lines Around Colorado Fire

  By Associated Press  |  March 28, 2012

  Bolstered by reinforcements, fire crews were focusing Wednesday on building containment lines around the 7-square-mile wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in the mountains southwest of Denver and may have claimed two lives.

• Strong Magnitude 7.6 earthquake shakes Mexico City

  By Associated Press  |  March 20, 2012

  A strong, long 7.6-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Guerrero state on Tuesday, followed by an aftershock that shook central southern Mexico, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent frightened workers and residents into the streets.

• Citigroup Enters $158M Mortgage Fraud Settlement with U.S.

  By Associated Press  |  February 17, 2012

  Citigroup has agreed to pay $158.3 million to settle claims that its mortgage unit duped the U.S. government into insuring risky mortgage loans for over six years.

• Mississippi Wind Pool Shopping Reinsurance in London

  By Associated Press  |  January 31, 2012

  Officials with the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association are in London this week looking for reinsurance deals.

• Judge Stops Attorneys From Seizing Louisiana Last-Resort Insurer Funds

  By Associated Press  |  January 31, 2012

  A judge Monday stopped attorneys trying to seize bank accounts of Louisiana's property insurer of last resort to collect more than $100 million they won for homeowners who claimed the company dragged its heels in adjusting hurricane claims in 2005.

• Everest Re: Thailand floods could cost up to $125M

  By Associated Press  |  December 23, 2011

  Reinsurance company Everest Re Group Ltd. on Thursday said that claims related to the massive flooding this year in Thailand could cost it $100 million to $125 million after certain premiums and taxes.

• Insurer Allianz 3Q net drops to $350 million

  By Associated Press  |  November 11, 2011

  German insurer Allianz SE saw third quarter profits sag $350 million from $1.73 billion the year before because of investment losses and Greek bond writedowns from Europe's debt crisis.

• Buffett Adds Investment Exec as Part of Succession

  By Associated Press  |  September 12, 2011

  Berkshire Hathaway has hired a second hedge fund manager to help run the company's investment portfolio and prepare for what it described as the eventual retirement of 81-year-old billionaire Warren Buffett.

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  Hurricane Irene Damage in Photos

  By Associated Press  |  August 29, 2011

  Though it never became the big-city nightmare forecasters and public officials had warned about, Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction.

• Allstate to Sell Identity Theft Coverage in Calif.

  By Associated Press  |  August 24, 2011

  Allstate Insurance Co. said Tuesday that it's now offering identity theft insurance in California.

• Cap Limits Ind. Liability in Stage Collapse to $5M

  By Associated Press  |  August 22, 2011

  Indiana's $5 million cap on liability in accidents is far too low for the number of deaths and injuries involved in last Saturday's deadly stage collapse at the state fair, personal-injury lawyers say.

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  Lost Russian Satellite Insured for $260M

  By Associated Press  |  August 18, 2011

  Russia lost contact with a communications satellite shortly after its launch today that was insured for $260 million.

• Buffett Says Raise Taxes on 'Mega-Rich'

  By Associated Press  |  August 15, 2011

  Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is calling on the so-called "mega-rich" to pay more in taxes.

• Argo Group Profit Falls as Catastrophe Losses Rise

  By Associated Press  |  August 5, 2011

  Specialty insurance company Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that its net income fell in the second quarter as catastrophe losses rose.

• Munich Re Shows Q2 Net Earnings of $1.05 Billion

  By Associated Press  |  August 4, 2011

  Reinsurer Munich Re says net profit rose four percent in the second quarter to $1.05 billion, bouncing back from a rough first quarter.