A divided House Financial Services Committee advanced to the House floor today legislation that sets a path to phase out, after five years, the federal backup for terrorism risk insurance for attacks except for NBCR events. Legislation establishing NARAB was attached to the bill.

The reinsurance industry is increasingly sounding alarms, calling space weather a potential hazard in todays wired world.

Check out the companies and groups with the greatest gains in net premiums written, lowest combined ratios and biggest chart movement in our annual rankings, based on data from SNL Financial.