Florida's largest property insurance company on Wednesday proposed an average increase of nearly 430 percent for optional sinkhole coverage in response to soaring claims and 8.8 percent for all other perils, including hurricanes, fire, and theft, all effective in 2012.

Dogs and insurance have been at odds for years and, because of some extremely bad claims situations, some carriers maintain lists of restricted breeds. Here are the top seven dangerous breeds.

Disasters, calamities, tragedies, or catastrophes—no matter what we call them, these events happen on a regular basis, and more recent occurrences tend to cancel out memories of the older ones.

Motorists in the U.K. can expect stiffer penalties for driving without insurance as the Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE) law has taken effect.