The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday published proposed regulations designed to standardize preparedness programs for disasters and emergencies.

The insurance industry shot itself in the foot once again with the clumsy release of a health reform study that has galvanized the industry's critics into a lynch mob, says NU Editor Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.

I am writing in regard to mischaracterizations contained in your recent article on Maurice R. ("Hank") Greenberg--"Greenberg Sends Mixed Signals on Regulatory Reform"--in your Oct. 8, 2009, edition, page 7.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake along the Peninsula segment of the San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco area could cause a $19 billion insured loss, a modeling firm estimates.