The installation of defective Chinese drywall in Southeastern homes brings up liability issues, but potentially impacted contractors and suppliers haven't seen their accounts moved out of the standard lines market.

Wholesale brokers are in a prime position to grab new business when a revived economy begins producing start-up companies that standard line carriers won't insure, a trade group leader advised here.

Insurers should choose who will regulate them--unless they are so big and widespread that only federal oversight will do the trick, magazine publisher and former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes told an industry conference here.

Crop insurance remains a stable ship in a sea of turbulence, according to industry officials.