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Tom Maher, a former managing editor of National Underwriter, passed away last week at the age of 77. Editor In Chief Sam Friedman, who took over Tom's post in 1986, reminisces about his mentor and old

Now that it's clear Congress won't be adding wind exposures to the National Flood Insurance Program anytime soon, should private carriers be forced to write coverage for both risks in one policy, and

When a live-action movie about Mr. Magoo--the painfully nearsighted, accident-prone cartoon character--was released in the late 1990s, groups representing the blind protested and secured disclaimers fr

Is NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman any better at predicting the Top-10 Property-Casualty Insurance Stories of 2007 than he is at picking a baseball champion? Check out what stories Sam thought would t

Are courts out of line for ruling that undocumented employees are entitled to workers' comp benefits if hurt on the job--even if they forged their identification papers? That's the hot-button question

NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman asked readers in his blog entry of May 25 to share war stories about the wildest and most challenging claims they had encountered. In turn, NU's Matt Brady put together