OneBeacon Insurance is offering a new online resource to help small-business customers plan for and deal with natural and manmade disasters. Open for Business, a free Web-based disaster-recovery and r
Florida's two U.S. senators introduced five pieces of legislation last week designed to "comprehensively" address issues related to national hurricane preparedness, including one that would establish
The bills sponsored by Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Sen. Mel Martinez deal with ways to improve preparedness and response, reinsurance reform, tax credits for mitigation, and the potenti
Supporters of a federal insurance regulator should start considering what kind of price they are willing to pay for the option in terms of greater consumer protections, the chairman of the House
The Zurich-based reinsurer said last year's catastrophe loss total was low despite a recorded 349 natural catastrophes and man-made disasters because most of them impacted developing countries with l
The Zurich-based reinsurer said last year's catastrophe loss total was low despite a recorded 349 natural catastrophes and man-made disasters because most of them impacted developing countries with l
Speaking at the Networks Financial Institute's Annual Insurance Reform Summit in Washington, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., advised optional federal charter supporters to "think about what conditions you
An outbreak of severe weather in the U.S. Southeast means many claim adjusters are on their way to the area to begin estimating the damages. Guy Carpenter's Instrat unit, which provides updates on