Crop insurers are challenging a new study on their profitability commissioned by the U.S.D.A., saying it is misleading and should not be used to set the rate of return for crop insurers participating in the Federal Crop Insurance Program.

Thanks to the near collapse of our financial system and the lingering recession that followed, we're experiencing some of the worst economic times since The Great Depression.

Which is required to pay first in a rental car accident: the insurance company that provided the SLI, or a driver's personal auto insurance?

Even the most optimistic forecasters concede that the climb out of this Great Recession will continue to be steep and arduous. Florida, especially, has been hammered with high unemployment, mortgage failures, and tumbling property values.