JEFF Salway, The Scotsman’s personal finance editor, has carried off a prestigious award for his work covering the effect of the financial crisis on banking staff in Scotl

The Texas Senate approved a new structure for the state’s depleted windstorm insurance fund Thursday, providing a combination of potential rate hikes, bonding and other revenue to ensure the account gets replenished.

A California couple were charged with running a $38 million workers’ compensation insurance scam that supported a lavish lifestyle filled with luxurious cars, shopping sprees and homes in two states, officials announced Thursday.

The Texas Senate is taking up the complicated subject of the state’s depleted windstorm insurance fund, the only resort for homeowners in more than a dozen coastal counties.

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Sixteen Democratic senators put a finer point Wednesday on their support for a public insurance plan, urging key Senate committee chairmen not to abandon the option as they negotiate a health care overhaul bill.

Insurance firms are offering eco-friendly options to lure consumers interested in energy efficiency.

Were the office of the Inspector General of Police an elected one, the next occupant would have long been known: Ogbonnaya Onovo, currently the Deputy Inspector General in charge of Administration and Finance.

To appreciate the urgency of finding a way to lower residential insurance rates on the Coast, consider where our economy would be if a large segment of South Mississippians were not paying hundreds and thousands of additional dollars in premiums each year.

Sometimes losing your job also means losing your health insurance. Sara Henry of Tampa recently lost her job after 11 years as an administrative assistant with Mercury Insurance and will be without health insurance in a few weeks.