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Regional insurers saw a significant improvement in 2012 underwriting results compared to 2011, but only one of six such companies studied by Fitch Ratings managed an underwriting profit for the year, and regionals posted a higher 2012 combined ratio than any other subsector Fitch analyzed.

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday a homeowner seeking to sue his insurer could not file suit in a state court considered friendly to plaintiffs.

The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday.

The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday.

FM Global, one of the globe's leading business-property insurers, reports that its net income for 2012 was $774 millionand that the mutual posted a profitable combined ratio of 85.7 percent, despite the impact of Superstorm Sandythe insurer's single largest net aggregate natural disaster loss to date, which resulted in approximately...

FM Global, one of the globe's leading business-property insurers, reports that its net income for 2012 was $774 millionand that the mutual posted a profitable combined ratio of 85.7 percent, despite the impact of Superstorm Sandythe insurer's single largest net aggregate natural disaster loss to date, which resulted in approximately...