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Fresh blood courses through the captive regulatory veins in Vermont, Delaware, Arizona, Utah, Hawaii and Nevada, as new faces prepare to alter the captive landscape. MORE

As rates hold the line, it is a good year for risk managers to take stock of their coverage and get their professional liability insurance house in order as a market hardening may come in the form of a tightening of underwriting standards. MORE

Corporate catastrophe bonds are a rare breed, especially in this soft insurance market. But with the cost of bonds coming down and new technologies available, the capital markets could be more appealing than ever to risk managers. MORE

For many vendors who sell to the risk management community, cloud computing, or the ability to rent out software, platforms and infrastructure as needed, represents the latest step in delivering computing power as a service. MORE

We are now accepting applications for the 2010 Benefits Power Broker^TM Awards until March 15. To nominate someone for the awards, or to put yourself in the running, please download the 2010 application. MORE

Dennis Harwick, head of the Captive Insurance Companies Association, opens up about the major challenges facing the captive insurance industry. And we explore what will be the hot topics at the upcoming CICA annual conference.

Risk managers often rely on their third-party administrators (TPAs) to execute on everything from claims handling to policy administration. Here's a closer look at the value of the TPA.

Firms that provide environmental services to other firms are in essence doing double duty from a risk management perspective. Meanwhile, chemical firms are doing their best to match the environmental risk management standards imposed by an increasingly wary federal government. Click above to read more on the industry, or view the industry risk table to see the major players, and their brokers and risk management strategies.