THE MASSIVE Explosion at a West, Texas fertilizer plant has caused at least $100 million in insured losses to property. Mark Hanna, spokesman of the Insurance Council of Texas, tellsPC360 from the small rural town of about 2,800 that damages include concussion-type losses. That is, some homes look normal from...

In a development that is eliciting some mixed feelings, some $35 billion in capital has recently entered the reinsurance market from hedge funds and pension funds. Soom see it as a boon for reinsurance clients, but others remain cautious.

A paranoid person is merely someone in possession of all the facts, or so I like to think. I am what you would call a reasonably paranoid person; basically, I like to be prepared. If Im driving somewhere Ive never been, I want handwritten or printed directions and the phone...