Loss Control

Funding from the federal government is paving a path toward revolutionizing the modeling of storm surge, a Texas University scientist told members of a Senate committee at a hearing held Monday.

CoreLogic recently examined the exposure of single residential structures (homes) to storm surge within 10 predefined geographic areas in the U.S. See which cities made the list and what exposure levels they face if a Category 5 hurricane makes a direct hit.

Companies are operating with a false sense of security when it comes to cyber attacks, according to a new survey from Towers Watson.

Companies are operating with a false sense of security when it comes to cyber attacks, according to a new survey from Towers Watson.

Hard hats and steel-toed shoes don't usually lead to thoughts of custom boutiques. Yet for many higher-exposure and hard-to-place workers’ compensation accounts, a specialty niche approach to managing risk is a natural evolution.

The death of Osama bin Laden is good news to insurers—and to the U.S.—due to the manner in which operatives cornered the Al Qaeda leader, but by no means should it promote a dropping of the guard in the industry, says Gordon Woo, a catastrophist with Risk Management Solutions.

Whether you are an insurance buyer or seller, your first response to the president’s Sunday night announcement probably had little to do with either of those two functions. Share your initial reactions and thoughts in this blog post.

Workers compensation fraud has been a particularly troublesome area for the industry, costing insurers and employers about $6 billion a year, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.