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Current News & Analysis
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Will the Best Insurance Program Please Stand up
The much-ballyhooed annual college rankings from U.S. News & World Report came out, but how well do they reflect the quality of insurance and risk management undergraduate education?
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Appeals Court Reinstates Bid-Rigging Claims
The brokerage community is concerned that the case continues to reflect poorly on all, while a legal expert said the court is hinting that a resolution is needed.
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Guzman, New and Improved
A landmark workers' compensation ruling in California has been modified.
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Archived Stories
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Katrina Left Physical Mark, not Business Continuity
Hurricane Katrina, like other massive catastrophes before it, failed to impress upon organizations the need to properly prepare for business interruption.
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Drums Along the Delaware (updated)
An East Coast port authority is embroiled in controversy, and more scrutiny is falling on its long-standing insurance brokerage arrangements with Willis and The Graham Co.
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Independent BP Spill Fund Begins Operations
With the launch of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Crawford is in, Worley remains on the job, while Philadelphia-based ESIS is no longer on the account.
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Hot Summer for Benefits Brokers
Commercial insurance brokers snap up benefits firms to position themselves for coming changes in healthcare insurance.
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Captive Industry Not Blinking at Economic Double-Whammy
Captive insurance issuances at the No. 1 domicile in the United States surge past the 900 mark, as use for the financial vehicles gets more diverse, sophisticated.
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'Big Five' Insurance Brokers Deliver Profits
Despite continuing price declines, the nation's largest commercial insurance brokers scratch out gains--some just barely--in the second quarter.
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Long-term Blues for Three States
Arizona, West Virginia and Tennessee, according to an Aon study, are having a bear of a time managing their long-term healthcare loss costs.
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The Goldman Gag
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The venerable bank moves to ban profanity from company e-mails. But implementation could create a rat's nest of risk.
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The Encryption Conniption (updated)
Insurers show a large appetite for underwriting network security risk, even as more and more lapses happen.
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Judge Finds in Favor of Native American Risk Pool
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Court awards $304,000 to Amerind against Brown & Brown. Is broker guilty of a quick "in-and-out," or was demand too weak for risk pool's TEIP program?
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Responsibly Modest (updated)
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Liberty Mutual takes some catastrophe hits and suffers in the commercial insurance space with everyone else, but still pulls off a modest earnings report victory.
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What's Driving Employee Benefits
Preliminary survey results from Prudential indicate companies will continue to push for a larger employee share of the healthcare cost burden. The era of paternalism is over.
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