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Superstorm Sandy will likely become the third-costliest hurricane in U.S. insurance history, but when examining historical storms using todays dollars and exposures, Sandy would fall to the 12th costliest storm, says the Insurance Information Institute.

Food trucks make up a small but rapidly expanding segment of the restaurant market, producers say.

Legislation establishing a national catastrophe fund has again been introduced in the House, and has again drawn the ire of perennial critics.

Legislation establishing a national catastrophe fund has again been introduced in the House, and has again drawn the ire of perennial critics.

Regional insurers saw a significant improvement in 2012 underwriting results compared to 2011, but only one of six such companies studied by Fitch Ratings managed an underwriting profit for the year, and regionals posted a higher 2012 combined ratio than any other subsector Fitch analyzed.

An insurance broker, three P&C insurers and a major insurance/reinsurance company were among 145 companies designated as the Worlds Most Ethical Companies by the international think-tank Ethisphere Institute. Click to see the 5 most ethical P&C insurance companies in the world.