Corporate Risk

With the current investment environment working against workers compensation insurers, companies may be pressured into a harder market as they try to achieve underwriting profits in a line that has not had a combined ratio under 100 since 2006, a new report says.

The world has become statistically less stable with civil unrest downgraded in 37 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, in light of European austerity measures and spending cuts.

The world has become statistically less stable with civil unrest downgraded in 37 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, in light of European austerity measures and spending cuts.

Three subjects appeared to be most prominent in discussions between executives and risk managers in Philadelphia at this years Risk and Insurance Management Society meeting: price, business interruption and cyber risk.

Hundreds of exhibitors representing myriad insurance interests and specialties assembled at the Risk and Insurance Management Societys 50th annual meeting in Philadelphia. National Underwriter met with them to discuss some of the new offerings they presented to the thousands of risk-management attendees on hand for the four-day event.

I.I.I. President Robert Hartwig on industry surplus, Brown & Brown Chairman and acting President and CEO J. Hyatt Brown on the state of the market, and more.

I.I.I. President Robert Hartwig on industry surplus, Brown & Brown Chairman and acting President and CEO J. Hyatt Brown on the state of the market, and more.

PC360 visits the insurance-research labs at a trio of major carriers: Chubb, FM Global and Liberty Mutual. While on site, we witnessed explosions, earthquakes, flammable-liquid fires, treacherous test tracks and the awesome force of hurricane winds.