Cyber risk roared into the top 10 on Allianzs 2014 Risk Barometer, climbing seven spots from last year to rank eighth among corporate insurance experts concerns.

The agent and broker subsector added jobs for the sixth straight month in November 2013, and is now just over 3,000 positions short of its July 2007 employment peak, according to an analysis of the latest U.S. Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.

Whether considering market dynamics or organizational functions, transformation may be the most important word for insurers in 2014, according to a Deloitte analysis. See six transformational questions that could shape insurers fortunes in the New Year.

Whether considering market dynamics or organizational functions, transformation may be the most important word for insurers in 2014, according to a Deloitte analysis. See six transformational questions that could shape insurers fortunes in the New Year.

This year should see more negative rating actions than positive due in large part to the likelihood of insurers taking reserve charges, A.M. Best says.

S&P says it believes overall property and casualty reserves are adequate, and does not believe that recent reserving troubles at QBE Ltd., Tower Group International, and Meadowbrook Insurance Group are indicative of an overall trend for the industry.

S&P says it believes overall property and casualty reserves are adequate, and does not believe that recent reserving troubles at QBE Ltd., Tower Group International, and Meadowbrook Insurance Group are indicative of an overall trend for the industry.

Despite growing concern about risks, private companies largely report wide gaps in coverage and lack of understanding about professional and management liability insurance, according to Chubbs 2013 Private Company Risk Survey.