No one expected that the vigorous 2004 Atlantic hurricane season would hit Florida repeatedly: four hurricanes and a tropical storm made landfall within in a six-week period.

Corporate attitudes toward employees and customers can affect everything from the productivity of the employees to the quality of the products or services that they produce.

Property-casualty insurers are riding a pricing roller coaster. Some analysts predict economic conditions and technological advances will lead to a "soft landing" from the ...