WEST WARWICK, R.I. - The sun is out. The water is falling. Traffic is starting to flow again. While things appear to be looking up in Rhode Island, the state hit hardest this week by three ... [full story]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Forecasters improved their accuracy during last year's Atlantic hurricane season, setting accuracy records for their one-, two- and three-day forecasts of a storm's location. Last year, the average error for a three-day forecast was about 125 ... [full story]

Reinsurance rates for April 1 renewals declined across most property catastrophe lines of business, intermediary Guy Carpenter & Co. L.L.C. said in a Thursday briefing. In a separate renewals report Thursday, Chicago-based Aon Benfield Inc. said reinsurance capacity continues to exceed ... [full story]

Property insurance in Florida, as Rep. Bill Proctor of St. Augustine says, is a house of cards. One major storm would blow it all away and with it the state's economic future. Legislation sponsored by Proctor would begin to ... [full story]