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Solar leaps forward, with project financiers looking to transfer the technology risk.

Whether it's solar, wind or hydro, renewable energy continues to be a growth market. This three-part series will look at how risk management is evolving in those sectors and how underwriters view the cost of risk.

Solar panel bankruptcies are challenging risk managers in the field.

All 104 nuclear power reactors now in operation in the United States have a safety problem that cannot be fixed and they should be replaced with newer technology, the former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.

Solar panel bankruptcies are challenging risk managers in the field.

Safety and prevention are marquee pieces of Cirque Du Soleil risk manager Michel Rodrigue's arsenal.

Vermont's captive conference brings together a sparkling cadre of risk management talent.

The domiciling activity in a decade-long stretch between 2001 and 2011 tips the scales in favor of onshore captives for the first time.

Although geo-political risks are leading to uncertainty around the world -- and fluctuations in the American stock market -- fear not, say experts.

Reducing risks for everyday people who do stunts and dangerous activities on reality TV can be tricky.

When two Chevy Volts caught fire after a routine crash tests damaged their batteries, federal regulators and environmentalists took notice. Risk managers should as well.

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Series captives are a newer structure, particularly suitable for smaller and midsize enterprises looking for an alternative risk transfer mechanism, without the costs of more traditional captive formations.

A Scotsman jumps headlong -- and by "absolute accident" -- into the captive insurance business, turning the study of alternative risk into a thriving career.

Corporations look to extended warranties and live to extend peace of mind to buyers because the premium collected is often way out of whack with the risk.

USA Risk Group Inc. President Gary H. Osborne likes to tee it up with colleagues, but sometimes gets teed off as well when friends outmuscle him on the golf course.

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.

We look at two innovative uses for captive insurance vehicles, series captives and extended warranties.

Questions hinge around the understanding of a series captive model and the efforts at regulating it.