Investors in niche financial bonds that cover insurers against huge natural disasters are on alert for future events that could force them to pay out after the powerful tornado that struck the U.S. on Monday, brokers and fund managers said.

Personal-lines insurers and others who serve this market are learning that leveraging mobile technology is an increasingly essential component to attracting and retaining customers. Here are some useful apps and devices companies are offering to auto and homeowners insurance shoppers.

Personal-lines insurers and others who serve this market are learning that leveraging mobile technology is an increasingly essential component to attracting and retaining customers. Here are some useful apps and devices companies are offering to auto and homeowners insurance shoppers.

Emergency workers searched for survivors in the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, but officials on Tuesday sharply lowered the number of deaths caused by the storm.

The decision isnt just which new software solution to buy, but whether your strategy should be to purchase a best-of-breed solution or the increasingly popular software suite.

The decision isnt just which new software solution to buy, but whether your strategy should be to purchase a best-of-breed solution or the increasingly popular software suite.

New programs at Pioneer, Wright Flood, Consumer Specialties Insurance Co. and CITA Insurance Services. Honors received by Hester, Heitel & Assocs. Former NAPSLO President and Colemont Insurance founder passes away.

The battle over rate hikes imposed on flood insurance program policyholders in Louisiana is intensifying, with the big prize being the Senate seat now held by Mary Landrieu, D-La.