Congress will be back at work this week with a full insurance-related agenda, leading off with debate over the proper federal role in insuring against catastrophic losses, as lawmakers consider bills

Nationwide Insurance won strong support for the anti-concurrent language in its Mississippi homeowners' policies yesterday when a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled the language "is not ambigu

We have become so litigious in this country that even liberal magazines such as "The New Yorker" are making fun of our propensity to sue at the drop of a hat. NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman recounts

WASHINGTON--The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it is working on clarification of language in a bulletin that says if a public entity collects once for damage on a property, FEMA won't pay a s

WASHINGTON--Insurers and other financial firms across the nation have been asked to gear up for a form of disaster drill assessing their ability to respond to a pandemic crisis, such as a bird flu outb

WASHINGTON--U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, said he is pushing congressional legislation he hopes will improve the homeowners insurance market for residents of Long Island and other coastal areas of h

WASHINGTON--Representatives of two large insurance trade groups asked the National Governors Association yesterday to reconsider opposition to optional federal charters for insurers and support legisla

Plaintiff attorneys have asked the federal appeals court in New Orleans to review two of its own rulings against class actions by homeowners disputing insurers' treatment of Hurricane Katrina damage c