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

As many as 30 percent of small businesses have been shut down for at least 24 hours in the past three years because of natural catastrophes.

The U.S. Senate again eyes a national commission on natural catastrophes.

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

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

Long before a discipline called risk management, before anyone had figured out there was profit to be made from safety and prevention, prior generations warned us with clues.

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.

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

Supply chain coverage exists but at the moment there isn't enough capacity for major corporate risk managers.

Japan's quake and tsunami are casting more scrutiny on supply chain exposures than ever.

With a business community joined at the hip a hiccup in one market can influence the world economy.

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.

Analysts: Losses overshadowing premium growth

Three insurance professionals recount their on-the-ground remembrances of the March 11 Japanese Tohoku earthquake.

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

A brutal first half for the property-catastrophe reinsurance market finally comes to a close with some players looking to make up costs at July 1 treaty renewals.

Since the Fukushima disaster unfolded, U.S. nuclear plants have found themselves in unflattering news stories about floods, radioactive leaks and other emergencies. Do they deserve to be?

We missed getting nailed by a sizable solar storm earlier this month. A global network of scientists is working to create a better warning system for when we're not so lucky.