Serving his last term as Governor of Vermont, Jim Douglas gave assurances that the state's focus on captive insurers would not waver in his absence.

Thanks to a string of very good luck--namely, four consecutive years of calm hurricane seasons--the Florida property insurance market appears able to absorb the blow of a large storm in addition to a series of smaller events this year.

A letter to Nevada officials requesting that the state stop discriminating against a risk retention group underscores the need for a Government Accountability Office probe into local interference.

A fiduciary relationship exists between two persons when one of them is under a duty to act for or to give advice for the benefit of another upon matters within the scope of the relation, such as a trustee or executor.