The results of a recent technology security survey for the financial services sector might give the impression that the insurance industry has awakened to the threat of cyber-risks.
Who do you really work for? That's a question all insurance buyers should ask of their agents or brokers. It's a fair question. You can't hide the truth.
New York Supreme Court Judge James A. Yates has thrown out the 2008 convictions of two former executives of Marsh on felony monopoly charges for accepting contingent commission kickbacks.
There is more than a 40 percent chance that by the end of August at least a tropical storm will pass over the spot where the Deepwater Horizon oil rig operated.
A three-judge panel has denied the federal government's request to reinstate a six-month deepwater drilling moratorium pending the government's appeal of a lower court decision that lifted the moratorium last month.
Insurance carriers have adopted a strategy of "inspired frugality" in relation to their spending on security, according to a Forrester senior analyst, Ellen Carney.
Joe Plumeri, head of Willis Group Holdings, went beyond blasting the potential conflicts for brokers accepting contingency fees to urge buyers to ask who "independent" agents actually work for in an opinion column in this week's National Underwriter.