Whether it carries sticks (lumber for new homes) or stones (aggregate and sand for new concrete), or coal to power an electric plant so we can heat our homes in winter, a train often represents holidays.

Non-admitted underwriters are seeking across-the-board rate hikes for property & casualty risksand are covering more risks as standard lines insurers continue to shed unwanted business. Yet the surplus lines market has not entered the hard phase of the market cycle. Not even the massive insured property catastrophe losses stemming from...

The season for fireplace usage has arrived, along with the cascade of claims originating from them.

Customers are becoming happier with the way insurers are handling property claims, according to results from a recent J.D. Power study of homeowners.