Spring can't come soon enough for many across the United States. An extreme weather-ridden 2017 has come and gone, but 2018's outlook is still underway.

Old Republic International Corp., the Chicago-based insurer, provides commercial liability coverage of as much as $5 million for each of Uber Technologies Inc.'s self-driving vehicles.

CEO Inga Beale said insurance contracts across Europe will remain at risk unless there's an agreement on how they should be treated in post-Brexit Europe.

Agents and brokers, insurers and policyholders have all learned from 2017's unrelenting hurricanes and wildfires, and will carry that knowledge with them going forward.