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A chief risk officer at the national level could help get a handle of a country's risks holistically and even anticipate crises before they happen, according to experts with the World Economic Forum.

The last year shattered records for employment disputes, and risk managers had better double- and triple-check their employment policies and procedures to cover themselves and their employers.

European and Bermuda insurers prepare for the tough new capital adequacy rules, though nobody is yet quite sure what the Solvency II rules will be. They could respond to higher capital charges by pushing up rates.

Permanent disability ratings inch up as workers' comp exposures remain tamped down in California.

Australia's floods will be a major catastrophe loss, that much is clear. But it is not entirely clear yet how large an impact the events will have on global supply chains.

Workers' compensation in the U.S. is becoming an underwriters' nightmare and perhaps the trigger for the oft-predicted hard market.

Scott Clark, the organization's 57th president, vows to reinforce the chapter structure and lobbying efforts at the state level.

Officials anticipate the relaxed climate up north, especially tax incentives for owners, will bring more captive insurance vehicles to the state in coming years.

A "solutions-based" approach should help with the bottom line in 2011, but profits will decline in commercial lines, particularly in workers' compensation.

A new report finds that Chartis Inc. wasn't undercutting competitors on price in its property/casualty operations, as AIG has insisted all along.

Ski resorts are left holding the liability even if out-of-business lift manufacturers are to blame.

The property/casualty insurance industry survived 2010 in good shape, thanks in part to a mild year of natural catastrophes.

Audiences demand that actors and productions push further into the realm of a "circus event," ratcheting up expectations and dangers. Today's poster child: Spider-Man on Broadway.

An aging generation of brokerage owners needs to time their acquisition right in this soft market.

Victor Krauze, the talent behind the integration of Willis and Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs, steps up to CEO and chairman of Willis North America and readies the firm to push further into the large-account segment.