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Bank of America promotes its cleanser of the Countrywide Financial Corp. subprime portfolio to chief risk officer. The question is: Can one man, or department, handle the risks of a large financial services firm?

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.

The death of Shannon Stone at Texas Stadium represents the worst case facing sports industry risk managers, but these other spectator exposures keep them busy every game.

A federal court recently ruled that a former Black & Decker employee could proceed with his employer practices liability suit. Experts say the decision should remind employers about pitfalls involved when workers record their own time or do company work at home.

Profits be damned, some NBA teams may arrange insurance coverage just to avoid staff layoffs in the event of a season-ending lockout.

An immense dust cloud descended on Phoenix, and we analyze the impact on businesses and insurers, and whether they can expect more to come.

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

Grotesque and sometimes fatal medical errors grab headlines, but medical providers who commit errors are saddled with tremendous psychological burdens.

Since the Fukushima disaster unfolded, U.S. nuclear plants have found themselves in unflattering news stories about floods, radioactive leaks and other emergencies. Do they deserve to be?

The litigation over Deepwater Horizon will take much longer to resolve than it took to create. That said, several large settlements set a new tone in the largest legal process.

A brutal first half for the property-catastrophe reinsurance market finally comes to a close with some players looking to make up costs at July 1 treaty renewals.

Munich Re is one of the most outspoken insurers on climate change issues and at its New Jersey office, a subsidiary is putting its money where its mouth is, and guaranteeing it stays there too.

Aon alleges that a West Coast brokerage stole key members of its construction team. A judge rules that the defectors to Alliant Insurance Services can keep any clients they had when they joined Aon, for now.

Morale in the workplace is low, according to eye-opening recent research, but it isn't anywhere near enough to lead to wholesale revolt.