For nonprofit childcare providers, the overriding trend today is tight state budgets and reduced revenues. One way providers are trying to adjust to this new reality has significant implications for their insurance programs: relying on volunteers to do the work that paid employees used to do

Catastrophe modeler Eqecat says the U.S. can expect $1.5 billion to $2.8 billion in insured losses from Hurricane Irene.

What may not be apparent to insurers are the myriad ways in which persistently high fuel prices affect consumer decisions and behavior that directly impact both the severity and frequency of auto insurance claims.

With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the Northeast this weekend the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has decided to cancel its Summer National Meeting in Philadelphia.