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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 big five stand-alone survivors

A risk manager makes it her mission to secure the insurance capacity necessary for reconstruction, leaving her mark on the most important reconstruction project in the United States.

A decade ago this month four planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and an empty field in western Pennsylvania killing 2,985 innocents from as many as 50 different countries.

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

A heinous act plunges New York's financial district into chaos.

Talk of a hard market is premature, even after $134 billion in insured catastrophe losses over the past 16 months. Welcome instead to the transitioning market where even property insurers might not be able to profit.

Modelers have too much power over insurers these days and feed off it with more costly software updates.

Catastrophe models may only scratch the surface, but they're as close as any of us will ever get to the real thing.

XL Insurance is one carrier looking to increase its position in the primary property insurance marketplace, hopefully just in time for the start of the hard market.

The true impact of a new hurricane model was a shock to the property insurance world, or was it?

A legendary jazz collection could end up having much more value once copyright laws are satisfied and the recordings can gain wider release.

An immense dust cloud descended on Phoenix, and we analyze the impact on businesses and insurers, and whether they can expect more to come.

The reorganization of Swiss Re's insurance segment shows that the reinsurer is serious about making inroads into the primary side of the business.

Some insurers have an underwriting trick they use to lessen their payout on business interruption insurance claims, one they don't always disclose in their policy wording.