Arthur J. Gallagher saw fourth-quarter net earnings jump to $60 million, compared to $33.5 million in 2012s fourth quarter, as revenues increased to $890.2 million for the quarter, compared to $673.2 million for the same period in 2012.

A rare snowstorm across the South caused fatal car crashes and over 1,000 fender-benders, turning highways in Atlanta, Ga. into parking lots.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a nearly $1 trillion farm bill on Wednesday that cuts food stamps and ends a direct subsidy to farmers, while expanding government-backed crop insurance programs.

The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud dishonors the biggest swindlers of 2013.