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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.

The pace of global warming seems glacial compared with this red-hot trend: The total value of weather risk management instruments spiked 83 percent last year over the previous year, according to a recent survey.

A listing of some of the nation's top hydroelectric utilities, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

America needs more natural gas. Other countries want to sell it to us. It's getting it here and into the pipelines that presents the risk, some of it physical but much of it political.

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

Top insurance brokers share their insights about the energy insurance marketplace.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has some issues, according to this government report on nuclear power. Namely, it doesn't know how well the nuclear power industry is complying with its fire safety laws.

The best commercial brokers in the business know their customers sometimes better than customers know themselves. So, just who belongs to this vaunted group of middlemen and women for the energy industry? Find out the 2011 Power Broker® results.

The best commercial brokers in the business know their customers sometimes better than customers know themselves. So, just who belongs to this vaunted group of middlemen and women for the utilities industry? Find out the 2011 Power Broker® results.

Managers and executives of energy companies in tune with risk can enjoy participating in the following organizations: