Louisiana has filed suit against State Farm Insurance, claiming the insurers Select Service and Parts Trader services illegally manipulated markets by controlling rates and strong-arming repair shops to use unsafe used or recycled auto parts.

As a business of people and ideas, insurance must engage demographic shifts and represent the needs of a diverse population's needs and risks.

The significant amount of risk associated with diving boards is making them less common.

National Underwriter sits down with Helmsman Management Services LLC president Debbie Michel.