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Helicopter safety takes center stage as insurance carriers are promoting safety programs, but any impact on premiums would have to wait on an improvement in insurers' loss ratio on helicopter operations.

Insurance carriers are promoting safety programs, but any impact on premiums would have to wait on an improvement in insurers' loss ratio on helicopter operations.

It's not over yet. Nearly five years after the housing crisis first began making headlines, financial institutions are facing the threat of another wave of litigation tied to the collapse of the residential real estate market. This time the threat stems from allegations of abusive foreclosure practices by the banks and mortgage servicers.

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

U.S. report faults BP and its subcontractors for the Deepwater Horizon disaster, despite the companies' well-documented safety and prevention procedures.

Blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster is ultimately pinned on BP, according to the Report Regarding the Causes of the April 20, 2010 Macondo Well Blowout by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.Click here to read the report.

Underwriters lend new scrutiny to deep-water drilling liability and pollution coverage.

U.S. report faults BP and its subcontractors for the Deepwater Horizon disaster, despite the companies' well-documented safety and prevention procedures.

When it comes to weight-loss, bariatric surgery might be the kindest cut of all. Does your health plan cover it?

The largest for-profit colleges have D&O programs with $75 million to $100 million in limits over deductibles of $1 million to $5 million. Even if insurers shy away from writing primary layers, the market is competitive.

The largest for-profit colleges have D&O programs with $75 million to $100 million in limits over deductibles of $1 million to $5 million. Even if insurers shy away from writing primary layers, the market is competitive.

At least 27 whistleblower suits had been filed against for-profit colleges as of the end of 2009, and the government declined to intervene in nearly all of these cases.

The concentration of cargo on tomorrow's huge container ships is rewriting the rules of ocean-marine transport. Click above to read more on this sector.

With banks hobbling around on one foot, insurers are taking far smaller pieces of each financial institution's risk.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded financial services companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The traditional media industry faces the usual exposures of intellectual property and talent, and now it also feels the squeeze of new media, both in terms of new risks as well as layoffs.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded communications companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.