Choosing a financially strong carrier, striving to reduce workplace accidents and creating a formalized return-to-work program are some steps employers can take to control workers' compensation costs while also improving the process, PMA Companies said.
Property-casualty insurers will emerge from the recession with a distaste for equity investments and a renewed focus on underwriting, a leading insurance economist advised an industry group here.
The outbreak of the H1N1 flu that closed down many businesses and public institutions in Mexico has revealed gaps in company plans to deal with a pandemic flu, according to an insurance brokerage executive.
A National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) climate risk disclosure survey for insurers serves "nakedly ideological ends," an insurance trade group representative said recently in a published paper.
The investigation of February's Colgan Air crash that killed 49 persons in Buffalo, N.Y., highlights the importance of pilot training in aircraft insurance policies, according to a legal expert.
Two groups have named prize winners for research on topics touching on insurance supply in developing economies, emerging market insurance strategies and Takaful insurers.
A new data aggregator estimated today that the insured loss from January's Windstorm Klaus that struck the heart of Europe was more than $2 billion, a lower figure than modelers have projected.
The nonprofit Public Entity Risk Institute said today it has launched a Web site to help small- and medium-size nonprofit organizations assess their insurance needs and submit requests for insurance quotes to participating insurers
The National Conference of Insurance Legislators announced it has written Congress advising that proposals for financial services regulatory reform should involve state and federal regulators as equal partners.