A vibrant farm industry is currently helping the crop insurance industry cope with the Agriculture Department's decision to substantively cut back its subsidy program.

Hamilton, Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited, an international specialty property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, reported a 13 percent increase in net premiums earned for the first nine months of 2010 compared to 2009.

The soft market has prompted insurance companies to look at document management in a new way.

As an insurance general agent that caters to those on assignment abroad, Clements International's technology needs differ considerably from those of a typical insurance company.