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As experts argue that private insurers should supplement the initiative, the National Flood Insurance Program rolls along.

At the Joint Industry Forum in New York, Michael McRaith outlined his first six months as director of the Federal Insurance Office, sharing plans for the future.

Insurers value the track record of European-based highway builders and operators, and are welcoming this business.

Tennessee upgrades its captive law, providing new choices for insureds looking for a domicile in the Southeast. The changes in the Volunteer State are for real, insiders said.

A recent New York Times article called into question the regulation of captive insurance vehicles in onshore domiciles. We give a chance to these regulators to defend against these accusations about the dark side of captives, and discuss why changes are made to how they oversee the industry.

Will a garbage-transfer station under construction in Queens add to the number of bird strikes at LaGuardia Airport, airport of origin for the "Miracle on the Hudson"?

Barring gross negligence, municipalities are likely to win if victims of shark attacks sue local authorities for an attack off their shores.

It's a big market, sure, but foreign carriers' market share has stagnated as carriers realize that doing business in China isn't easy.

It's a big market, sure, but foreign carriers' market share has stagnated as carriers realize that doing business in China isn't easy.

Two things to come out of the Illinois workers' comp reform movement--the nuclear option and union carve-outs--could end the industry's Kafka moments.

Facebook is no longer letting pharmaceutical companies disable the comment section of their pages, a move that has repercussions for other industries as they try to comply with regulatory restrictions and manage their brand.

Property/casualty carriers make their case to international regulators that they are part of a systematic solution, not part of a systemic problem.

Calculating premium taxes for excess-lines placements can be a royal pain, as a Long Island agency found out to the tune of some $3.4 million. Can the Nonadmitted Reinsurance Reform Act come soon enough?

U.K. risk managers consider whether traditional insurance market cycles are broken, and foresee quite a bit more stretch of depressed rates.

AIG's CEO Robert Benmosche debunks the many myths held against the large insurer, talks about putting off his retirement further and shares how Hank Greenberg first approached him for the job.

Florida's legislature passes a bill that could help to close a California workers' compensation law loophole that allows cumulative trauma cases from pro athletes to build up at frightening speeds.

Some sectors, such as retail, could face a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't dilemma when coming to terms with federal healthcare reform. Meanwhile, change could be easier for other industries.

Truly automated EDI hasn't been achieved for many in workers' comp, but when it is arrived at, it can help lower claims reporting costs, increase accuracy, reduce manual processing and maintain compliance with ever-varying state mandates.