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Superstorm Sandy was a wakeup call for the public owners of transportation lines.

Lessons from Hurricane Sandy and the Coloroado wildfires.

Competitive market conditions, depressed yields and sluggish economic growth will hurt commercial lines.

Brokers faced some difficult situations with property renewals last year. The overall outlook for 2013 is a bit better, except possibly in the Northeast following Superstorm Sandy.

How to rebuild structures that are stronger, safer and more resistant to severe weather.

Although Superstorm Sandy could end up as one of the most expensive storms in history, the event is unlikely to tip the balance to a hard market.

Industry leaders had a lively debate about Hurricane Sandy, Washington gridlock and Solvency II.

It's important to account for insurer pushback when analyzing your property insurance policy. That's especially true because pushback, it seems, is here to stay.

Wrap ups can be convenient for construction projects but the risks can be great.

The national conference in Atlanta offered big ideas about pricing, the E&S market and consolidation.

Risk profile improvement is advisable as the excess and surplus property-catastrophe market contracts.

Risk managers undergoing tough property/catastrophe renewals this year because of rising prices among surplus lines carriers may want to heed a little advice from the experts.

Tornadoes -- and the massive damage they bring -- are striking a wider swath of territory.

Fighting to stay relevant, the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society looks to appeal to agents and brokers, and make use of social media to help members network and expand overseas.

Frequently, two or more coverages with specific, differing limits or sublimits will overlap and apply to a single property loss. Insurance companies seek to cap their obligations by confining the loss to the coverage with the lowest limit. Policyholders, however, have the right to order their insurance claim to maximize their recovery.

Sustained large underwriting losses, a material decline in surplus and capacity, a tight reinsurance market, and renewed pricing discipline will harden the insurance market. But all of those have yet to occur with enough severity and at the same time.

In case you missed it, this week's R&I One®, features: Soft talk on hard prices in Monte Carlo; is risk rising along with tuition prices?; space junk causing atmospheric risk; budget cuts making it tough on public schools; Lloyd's sues Saudi Arabia; Northeast undone by massive flooding; and more.

Pollution in space is a serious problem, leading to risk for satellite owners.

In case you missed it, this week's R&I One®, features: Remembering 9/11; bird flu takes off; U.S. nuclear operators told to reassess quake risks; the God clause and the reinsurance industry; a broker agency reality check; why insurers are watching the YouTube copyright infringement case; and more.

The island nation redefined for the world in 2001 what it means to raise new capital in a crunch.