Workers' Comp

Equipped with the right information independent insurance agents can play a valuable role in identifying and preventing workers compensation insurance fraud.

Workers compensation insurer Eastern Insurance Holdings is being purchased by ProAssurance Corp. for about $205 million, the companies said.

New Yorks top financial-services regulator says, based on his perspective as a former prosecutor of terrorism, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act should be made permanent to respond to unconventional threats.

A California bill that allows out-of-state athletes to receive workers compensation benefits for injuries sustained on the states sports fields is advancing, inciting mixed responses from players in the insurance industry.

Industry groups believe that an overhaul of Oklahoma's workers compensation system will decrease overall loss costs by as much as 14.6 percent beginning in early 2014.

The Massachusetts Division of Insurance says insurers have paid about $1.18 million in losses related to the Boston Marathon bombings in April.