As cyber-security concerns rise, interest in insurance is up and legislators are trying to pass laws. But some groups are making sure privacy issues are adequately addressed before lawmakers go too far.

Interest in cyber insurance is expanding rapidly, a top official of Marsh & McLennan testified before a Senate committee today, with the number of Marsh clients purchasing stand-alone cyber insurance increasing by more than 20% in just the past year.

Interest in cyber insurance is expanding rapidly, a top official of Marsh & McLennan testified before a Senate committee today, with the number of Marsh clients purchasing stand-alone cyber insurance increasing by more than 20% in just the past year.

New York Citys construction industry in 2011 alone cost the city and state approximately $500 million because employers misclassified the type of work their employees did for the purpose of paying workers compensation premiums.

President Obama Friday signed legislation rolling back the unaffordable rate increase imposed by a 2012 law, but now the fun of implementing legislation that is virtually certain to have unintended consequences will begin.

President Obama Friday signed legislation rolling back the unaffordable rate increase imposed by a 2012 law, but now the fun of implementing legislation that is virtually certain to have unintended consequences will begin.

Two senior Republican House members are asking the Government Accountability Office to expeditiously prepare a report on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, and the potential impacts of reauthorization versus non-reauthorization.

Two senior Republican House members are asking the Government Accountability Office to expeditiously prepare a report on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, and the potential impacts of reauthorization versus non-reauthorization.