Regulatory hurdles have limited the amount of premium written so far by 2007 start-up Max Specialty, but with 90 employees, six offices and $150 million likely to be on the books by year's end,

The Republicans last week adopted language in their platform calling for a "national disaster insurance policy," following an earlier vote by the Democratic Party to back a national catastrophe fund,

People in the insurance business are occasionally asked for opinions about loss or claim situations. Most such questions are simple, but others may involve more complicated matters that go beyond

Sometimes it's hard to be simple. Yes, you heard me right! Call it an oxymoron like those gems from baseball legend Yogi Berra--famous for saying that "90 percent of this game is half mental."