Despite the urgings of Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty and others, Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed the state's omnibus property insurance bill passed at the close of the 2010 legislative session.

June. While for many it evokes images of summer vacations, weddings, and days at the shore, here in Florida we think of hurricanes.

The NCCI 2010 Issues Symposium in Orlando earlier this month brought good and bad news to the hundreds gathered for the annual smorgasbord of data and details served up by industry experts.

A new study by the AFL-CIO with the provocative title, "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect," offers a nationwide state-by-state profile of worker safety and health in the U.S.

In tribute to the final days of the 2010 legislative session, I bring you insight from a previous century.

Pulling-the-plug-on-grandma scenarios. The N-word and other ugly epithets. Shouts of "baby killers." Vanquished politicos exhorting mobs, "Don't Retreat, Reload." Bricks crashing through windows of congressional offices.

The New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud mined reports from the New York State Insurance Department Frauds Bureau and struck fool's gold.

Chinese drywall may be getting all the press coverage of late, but an older and more familiar foe continues to plague America's buildings.