The promise of a big payoff -- along with bad television, apparently -- compelled two cousins to stage an armed robbery during which one shot the other with a gun.

Congress finally approved legislation last night that reinstated the National Flood Insurance Program. President Obama signed the measure into law within an hour after the House passed it.

The Commercial Insurance Agency of the Year Award program, run by National Underwriter, has been expanded and is being managed in partnership with its sister publication, American Agent & Broker, with entries due by July 1.

The airline industry paid about 20 percent more on average for lead hull and liability prices in 2009, but those increases are expected to slow, thanks to an improved economic picture for the insurance industry, according to a report from Aon.