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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than two-thirds of the nation's population currently participate in various social networking Internet sites.

"Profitability in workers' compensation is heading downhill rather rapidly," according to Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D., CPCU, president and economist of the Insurance Information Institute.

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, there are 31 million foreign-born people living in the U.S. -- 11.1 percent of the population, and a 57 percent increase from the 1990 census.

Climate change could significantly increase Caribbean hurricane risk and raise annual expected losses by another 1 to 3 percent of GDP for some Caribbean countries by 2030, according to a new study.

Allstate insurance companies in Louisiana have been approved to raise homeowners insurance rates an average of 7.3 percent statewide, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance.

Insurance policies lack the standardization consumers, producers and regulators expect for homeowners and other liability coverages and only true transparency will solve this dilemma for buyers, a consumer advocate said.

The common perception is that a captive insurer or risk retention group entering rehabilitation has hit the skids and is on its way out, but the opposite is sometimes true, according to a captive management company.

A Wash. auto glass company owner was less than transparent when billing insurers. Now he faces some serious charges as a result.