May 1 potpourri

Again, time is very limited today, so this will have to suffice.-- I saw this story in the Insurance Journal that, following the Fifth Circuit's opinion in Broussard v. State Farm, the case has settled, so there won't be any new trial. -- This item from the Las Vegas Sun on a sudden increase in interest following an earthquake in Utah is interesting: Fuller said most people usually don't buy earthquake insurance because of its cost, the belief that an earthquake won't happen in Utah or that the federal government would help in an emergency.But since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, fewer people have been willing to rely on the belief in government help, Fuller said."I think before Katrina, people saw FEMA as the answer to getting a house rebuilt," he sa