Willis Group Holdings announced last week that its Willis China subsidiary was granted approval to open its 21st office the country.

The first three months of the calendar year are generally a very quiet time for tornado outbreaks. So far, 2012 has been an exception: there have been 272 confirmed tornadoes this year, according to Standard & Poor's.

Insurance companies and agents joined together Thursday in asking Congress to do no harm to the existing crop-insurance-subsidy program, citing concerns with Obama-administration proposals that call for further cuts.

Just as every prior attempt to fix Floridas broken system has failed, the language of this latest iteration lacks a true solution. The author of "Blocking & Tackling" elaborates.