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More intuitive software and better connectivity have carriers looking closely at policy administration systems once more.

Storm chasers now allow paying customers to join them on their tornado tracking, not without first buying coverage of course.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department goes on a booze binge. Beware the community that needs any assistance, or civilians on the same roads as the troopers.

Either way, the website is HIPAA-compliant and insured with media liability coverage.

The Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair underscores the legal and employment liability risks to foreign employers doing business stateside.

Analysts at SNL Financial ranked the top midsize commercial P/C carriers, and four risk-retention groups made the list. Why?

The Hartford sends out a mass-mailing to make an important point, delivering a strong visual of a serious work issue, absence and disability management.

It's been a long couple of weeks for business and residents along the Mississippi River. As the flood inundates the Delta, we gauge the insured and economic losses.

A string of costly natural disasters in the first months of 2011 has rung down the curtain on the prolonged soft market. Expect the cost-of-capital trickle-down to commence.

One huge challenge facing disability management and benefits professionals is how best to implement the different types of leave needed to keep cancer patients as productive as possible for as long as possible.

Technology companies and McDonald's garner high brand valuations. Now how will they protect them?

The chemical industry shows the largest gains in risk readiness, while metal milling and manufacturing show the steepest drops, as industries hardest hit by the Great Recession rein in spending.

The major insurance brokerages experienced ups and downs in their last earnings quarter. Organic growth and acquisitions represent opportunity, but costs have been perhaps cut as much as possible.

If the assassination of the terrorism kingpin signifies the ultimate success of counterintelligence, perhaps the terrorism insurance marketplace can now blossom. Or not.

Data breach and privacy coverages seem more important than ever post Epsilon and Sony. Some industries need the coverage more than others, and some insurance companies are better at underwriting it than others.