The buzz in the honeybee industry these days is about crop insurance — now available to beekeepers for the first time.
One week ago, Ronnie Ambrosino was a millionaire.
Gulf Coast states have collected billions of dollars more in federal flood insurance claims than they have paid into the system over the past 30 years, while states like Florida and California have paid far more than they have received.
It's an insurer's nightmare: Heavily armed pirates, emboldened by their success in capturing cargo vessels, hijack a cruise ship with hundreds of well-heeled passengers and ask for massive ransoms.
TUCSON, Ariz. - Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., who is retiring from Congress, pleaded not guilty Thursday to racketeering, making a false statement on a tax return and other charges in an alleged insurance scheme.
Piracy on the high seas used to be a simple affair: Climb on board, take the valuables, and go.
A $40 medical bill might seem small but a West Virginia man says his five-year battle over paying it was a matter of principle.
The state of Vermont has received $205 million in a lawsuit against accounts for an insurance company that went bankrupt a quarter century ago and left about 20,000 people in several states with outstanding claims.
Federal health officials said Friday they will soon address growing concerns about the lucrative commissions that some Medicare insurers plan to pay their agents and brokers this year.
John McCain's health plan would bring about a dramatic shift in how millions of people get health insurance coverage. He would let people shop around for plans offered by insurers in other states. New Yorkers could look to Alabama, for example, or any other state when shopping for coverage.
More than 76,000 damage claims from Hurricane Ike have been filed with the Texas-backed windstorm insurance association, which expects to pay billions of dollars to policy holders for losses.
It can be a fine line between investing and gambling. But in Las Vegas, you know the odds. On Wall Street, that's not always the case.
The agency that protects U.S. bank deposits is asking Congress for temporary authority to boost deposit insurance limits as the government works to contain the financial crisis.
A former attorney for Heath Ledger is suing over a $10 million life insurance policy he claims has gone unpaid since the actor's death earlier this year.
Health insurance premiums rose a modest 5 percent this year for coverage that's getting skimpier, researchers say.
A Kansas company that is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has stopped selling private bank deposit insurance above the amount guaranteed by the federal government, signaling that billionaire investor Buffett may be worried about future bank failures.
Barry Schoch's cell phone comes to life with "When the Saints Go Marching In" — a reminder of the nine months he spent assessing damage from Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The Bush administration is backing down from a threat to penalize states enrolling middle-class children in a health program intended for the poor.
Florida will pay $224 million to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for a guarantee that the state can borrow up to $4 billion if necessary to help cover future losses by its emergency hurricane insurance fund.
A high-tech monitoring device makes it possible to reduce insurance premiums for drivers who avoid jackrabbit starts and slam-on-the-brakes stops, an insurance company says.
The failure of IndyMac Bank last week — and news that some depositors didn’t get all their money back — has a number of readers wondering: Is my bank account safe? If not, it can be with a few simple steps.
Two of California's biggest health insurers have agreed to collectively pay $13 million and reinstate more than 2,000 insurance policies to settle claims with the state that they illegally dropped policyholders from coverage.
Mary Wusterbarth thought her toddler was struggling with an ear infection when she seemed sluggish. Instead, a virus had attacked the little girl's heart, damaging it beyond repair. Brea needed a transplant.
The Southwest has the lowest rate of health insurance coverage in the country, with 30 percent of non-elderly adults and 18 percent of children uninsured, according to a new government study.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is lobbying Congress for permission to expand its homeowner policies to include flood coverage. The vast majority of flood insurance policies are currently sold by insurers but subsidized by the National Flood Insurance Program.