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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.

Renewals for property reinsurance start off in 2011 same as they ever were ... if not lower. Experts are grasping at straws for how the market can turn.

As the pressure on maintaining clean drinking water supplies mount, risk managers are advised to review their coverage.

Analysts peer into the heart of darkness of a weak economy, an insurance market that never seriously hardens and dwindling reserves, and foresee property/casualty rates dropping as much as 5 percent overall in 2011.

The Supreme Court deigns to hear Connecticut v. AEP, and environmental insurers and their energy industry clients brace for a change in the legal weather.

Liberty Mutual's specialty-lines unit reacts to demand from wholesale brokers and seeks to establish a balanced portfolio of E&S property that fits its current book of insurance business.

As governments scurry to tamp down document dumping, business can do plenty to protect against it.

Yes, risk managers should even draw up a risk map for their organization's holiday party, especially if alcohol, copy machines and dancing are involved.

Despite a tepid loss history, nuclear power still gets treated as a political football.

Profits have sustained the Bermuda reinsurance business this year, but expect fundamentals and U.S. legislative developments to turn smiles upside down sometime soon.

Consumer-directed health plans gain at the expense of HMOs in 2010 among large employers, studies find.

Mobile technologies are getting personal-lines carriers excited, but you'll be surprised to find smartphone apps and iPads in the commercial space as well.

European risk management leaders hail the new broker transparency protocol, but it remains nonbinding and doesn't necessarily apply to many smaller insureds.

The soft market and fears of a double-dip recession are making marine insurance a true gamble.

Companies have plenty of capacity to tap in the employment practices liability insurance market, so rates could drop despite higher frequency.