Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide Corporation announced here earlier this week it has added a service to modeling of industrial and energy facilities, including offshore platforms and networks to its system.

Although I've been in the business for the past 18 years--starting out as a captive agent with Nationwide Insurance, then five years later off on my own--I'd never

Despite international efforts that have suppressed some attacks on Gulf of Aden shipping, the piracy problem is escalating--driving a tenfold increase in vessel insurance rates--one maritime expert observed.

The January agreement for government units in charge of New Orleans levees to pay something to property owners damaged by the flooding from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is now mired in a coverage dispute.