FirstBest Systems, provider of insurance software solutions for specialty and commercial-lines insurance carriers, announces new mobile capabilities for its Front Office Suite of applications for insurance. The native mobile functionality will address the underwriting and collaborative business challenges of an insurance workforce increasingly accustomed to mobile connectivity.

To send a "thank you" to the heroes of Sept. 11, 2001 and donate funds to fallen firefighters, State Farm teamed with director Spike Lee to film a moving tribute.

Berkshire Hathaway has hired a second hedge fund manager to help run the company's investment portfolio and prepare for what it described as the eventual retirement of 81-year-old billionaire Warren Buffett.

Moodys Rating Service says blazes in Texas will have a negative impact on insurers third quarter results when combined with other losses theyve experienced during the third quarter.