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  NJ, NY Insurers Settle 93% of Superstorm Sandy Claims

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 22, 2013

  Superstorm Sandy is now the third costliest storm in U.S. history, the Insurance Information Institute says.

• IQ: Feds Uncover $100M Crop Fraud Ring

  By Industry IQ  |  April 1, 2013

  The scheme involves dozens of agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers.

• 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

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  8 Major Energy Disasters

  By Caterina Pontoriero, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 14, 2013

  In recent years, energy disasters such as the San Bruno Pipeline Explosion from September 2010 and Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill from April 2010 have had a major impact not only on the environment, but on consumers, businesses, and the insurance industry as well. Here’s a look at 8 of the...

• 2012 Statehouse Wrap-Up

  By Neil Alldredge  |  February 1, 2013

  NAMIC’s top concern: modernization laws

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  Producer Profiles: Meet Your Peers Vol. II

  By Staff Writer  |  January 30, 2013

  Agents discuss life circumstances that led them to insurance careers and reveal their mantras for success.

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  American Family Completes Buy of Direct-Auto Insurer, The General

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 4, 2013

  Super-regional insurer American Family Insurance says it has closed on the acquisition of a “high decorated” direct auto insurance provider.

• The Power and the Plug

  By Ken Brownlee, CPCU  |  January 2, 2013

  The first in a thought-provoking series on managing infrastructure-related risk and loss.

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  Rebuilding Year: Top 10 Stories of 2012

  By PC360 Staff  |  December 13, 2012

  In sports terms, 2012 has been what one could call a rebuilding year, as P&C carriers looked to recover from a disastrous 2011 and a string of heavy losses. For many carriers, 2012 was a time to totally reappraise their roster of risks, which meant both exploring new lines of...

• ‘Rebuilding Year’: The Top 10 Stories of 2012

  By Staff Writer  |  December 13, 2012

  In sports terms, 2012 has been what one could call a rebuilding year, as P&C carriers looked to recover from a disastrous 2011 and a string of heavy losses. For many carriers, 2012 was a time to totally reappraise their roster of risks, which meant both exploring new lines of...

• Safe and Sound

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 11, 2012

  There’s much to be excited about in insurance technology today, but the tools that carriers and their customers are attracted to also create new challenges for security teams. Keeping processes seamless and protecting customer data have put security teams into the spotlight.

• Sandy Crashes Ashore

  By PC360 Staff  |  November 30, 2012

  Read the latest updates on NFIP borrowing concerns, infrastructure damage and auto claims arising from Superstorm Sandy.

• Home Fires and Innocent Co-Insureds

  By Melody S. Mosley  |  November 30, 2012

  When one sets fire to property that is jointly owned, is the innocent co-insured out of luck? Recent court decisions are challenging typical policy language.

• The Continuum of Compliance

  By Kathy Donovan  |  November 30, 2012

  What's in store for the 2013 legislative and regulatory landscape? A quick recap of significant updates in 2012 may offer a glimpse to claims professionals.

• Sandy-Damaged Vehicles Hit 230,000 Mark

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 27, 2012

  As p&c claims continue to pile up, the NICB and other experts are substantially revising their loss projections.

• A National Catastrophe Fund Is Long Overdue

  By Jeff Grady  |  November 19, 2012

  Superstorm Sandy certainly earned its name: The combination hurricane/nor’easter spawned high winds and high water, flooding lower Manhattan, erasing landmarks from the Jersey Shore and dumping three feet of snow in West Virginia.