After weeks of a very quiet Atlantic hurricane season, tropical storm activity erupted swiftly, with three named storms popping up over the weekend--one that could potentially become a major storm.

A recent vote by ACORD (www.acord.org) members in Australia officially adopted the ACORD Messaging Library (AML) as the data standard for use within the Australian insurance market.

The alternative risk transfer industry is eyeing compromise proposals for health care cooperatives as a substitute for the "public option" in health care delivery overhaul legislation, as an opportunity for the industry.

Terry Fleming's got guts. Standing before a ballroom filled with attorneys and insurance pros, the vice president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society suggested that ...