"It likely will not be as active and destructive as 2005 and slightly below what other groups have predicted," said Mark Saunders, with the Tropical Storm Risk group that includes Benfield Hazard Rese

NEW ORLEANS--Spurred by the 2005 record hurricane year, Congress may finally be in the mood to create a national catastrophe insurance program, but not this year, a Washington lobbyist told claims prof

NEW ORLEANS--U.S municipalities have not done enough disaster preparedness to be ready for a catastrophe "gorilla," Mitch J. Landrieu, lieutenant governor of Louisiana, told a meeting of claims profess

NEW ORLEANS--Insurance companies handling catastrophes must focus on supporting their claims staff on the ground by educating and cooperating with the media, regulators and other interested parties, a

Attorney Matthew R. Pearson, in San Antonio, who made the allegation, is involved in the case on behalf of an Allstate investigator who charges he was fired for disobeying an illegal company order to

Under a bill--effective July 1--signed into law last week by Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, the state will establish a flex-rating system allowing insurers to adjust rates within a six percent rat

Allstate Insurance, which has stopped writing coverage for homeowners in many hurricane-vulnerable areas, said yesterday they will no longer cover earthquake damage wherever they are legally allowed t

The former chief financial officer of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is due in court tomorrow to plead guilty to state and federal charges, alleging he took payoffs from contractors doing bu