The property and casualty insurance industry, which was measured by customers' satisfaction with their companies' coverage, premium rates, and claim handling, improved slightly by one percent.

The American Academy of Actuaries has submitted its analysis on terrorism risk insurance, concluding that a national framework for terrorism risk is necessary if terrorism coverage is to be widely and readily available.

Insurers received nearly 674,000 claims for vehicles that were damaged or destroyed by last year's storms.

$7,967 a year, or roughly 52.2 cents per mile. That's how much a person driving a new-model, medium-sized sedan such as a Toyota Camry 15,000 miles a year can expect to pay annually.