UnitedHealthcare's Golden Rule Insurance Co. has joined with the National National Association for the Self-Employed to offer personal health insurance options to the self-employed in Florida and 19 other states.

"Greenwashing" sounds like a reference to environmentally friendly laundry products, but when the term is applied to construction or property management operations, it can signal decidedly unfriendly consequences for participants in the building process.

An exclusion for claims arising from representations and warranties could present real problems for architects involved in green-building design.

One of the more outspoken consumer advocates--Birny Birnbaum, executive director of the Center for Economic Justice--is packing it in as an NAIC-funded representative...