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Don't be fooled by injury statistics. They don't tell the whole story.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded chemical companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Drivers are longing for the days of cheap gasoline, and oil companies are pining for the days of cheap insurance. Those days are gone, swept away by hurricanes. Now the oil industry faces paying much more for much less when they go to buy windstorm coverage for their offshore rigs and platforms.

The underwriting status quo in the marine and energy insurance market is sinking. Parts of it already lie in tatters at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The time has come for a new model to float to the surface.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded oil & gas services companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Crop insurers find profit in their public-private partnership after the shakeout of four years ago.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded agribusiness companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The just-in-time manufacturing process has helped manufacturers maintain profit margins, but it has also eroded the safety margin built into supply chains.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded manufacturing companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Fifteen people died and more than 170 were injured in an explosion and fire at BP's Texas City refinery on March 23, 2005. Four months later, on July 28, 2005, a hydrogen fire that had the potential to cause additional deaths and injuries broke out at the Texas City refinery, resulting in a Level 3 community alert, followed by another Level 3 event on August 10. An 11-member Independent Safety Review Panel, headed by James A. Baker III, was called in to see what was going wrong.

OSHA is inspecting chemical and refining operations for process safety management--what are they looking for?

The chemical industry's domestic and international trade groups include:

The latest in RSS news feeds geared toward the chemical industry, care of the Chemical Industry Council of California.

The Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI is the organization for executives in the manufacturing business where they can participate in a dialogue among peers on management styles, the marketplace and issues confronting them in that space.