The U.S. Transportation Department issued an emergency order designed to reduce the risks of transporting crude from North Dakotas booming Bakken region by rail, a week after an oil train derailed and burned in Virginia.

Now its official. Aprils thunderstorms were big.

Age, gender, credit history and more play a role in car insurance rates

A woman whose apartment was badly damaged after her upstairs neighbors decomposing corpse exploded has to pay up for the damages.

Radian Group Inc., the largest U.S. mortgage insurer, said it will purchase Clayton Holdings for $305 million to expand outsourcing services for the home-lending industry.

Hannover Re, the worlds third-biggest reinsurer, reported that first-quarter profit was little changed as rates charged by the industry remain under pressure.

Report reveals more U.S. citizens travelling to Mexico as Mexican government improves security conditions in popular destinations

American International Groups property and casualty combined ratio will see improvement this year, Peter Hancock, CEO of AIGs P&C operations, told analysts this morning after problems at the P&C unit drove down operating income.