Nearly 150 people, mostly young immigrant women, died 100 years ago during a fire at a garment factory in New York City. From their deaths was born workers’ compensation insurance and safety reform still used by property insurers today.

New York City Council Member Peter Vallone Jr. has introduced a bill to stop a plan by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to impose a “crash tax” on motorists.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook a sparsely populated area of Myanmar on March 24.

Nearly 150 people died 100 years ago during a fire at a garment factory in New York City. From their deaths was born workers’ compensation insurance and safety reforms still used by property insurers today.

This year’s massive Florida property insurance reform bill has made its way through the Senate Budget Committee, but changes to the bill irk industry representatives.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has chosen to immediately relieve its general manager of his duties rather than keep him until a replacement is found.

State Farm has been denied an average statewide 14.3 percent homeowners rate increase in Louisiana.

U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein have introduced a bill that would authorize the U.S. Department of the Treasury to guarantee up to $5 billion in bonds available to certified public entities like the California Earthquake Authority following a “mega-catastrophe.”