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Guidelines require that workers' compensation managers cross their T's and dot their I's when they apply to Medicare for set-asides.

Damage estimates range as high as $20 billion, making the East Coast hurricane one of costliest in U.S. history. Meanwhile, business and supply chain interruptions seem imminent.

With 23 deaths and more than 14,000 people possibly exposed, nobody seems exactly sure how to handle the current meningitis outbreak.

In the aftermath of a large robbery in the Netherlands, experts call for a better analysis of security levels before collectors loan art or insurers write policies.

The national conference in Atlanta offered big ideas about pricing, the E&S market and consolidation.

Risks increase as organizations add providers to expand services.

Wrap ups can be convenient for construction projects but the risks can be great.

Carriers anticipate risk-transfer market will grow, but slowly.

Risk managers undergoing tough property/catastrophe renewals this year because of rising prices among surplus lines carriers may want to heed a little advice from the experts.

At Advisen's Management Liability Insights Conference, experts seemed to agree that D&O margins have all but disappeared, companies aren't prepared for cyber risk and a lack of insurance education hurts those that can least afford it.

Carriers stress discipline and coming price hikes at Jan. 1 renewals, while brokers seem equally confident of a softening.

Executives at this year's Reinsurance Rendez-Vous in Monte Carlo got away from talking about the nat/cat disasters of 2010 and 2011, and focused instead on number crunching.

Marcia Carruthers, a long-time driving force of the Disability Management Employer Coalition is stepping down after co-founding the organization 20 years ago.

Experts debate whether the flooding will have similar implications as last year's disaster in Thailand.

Experts at the Vermont Captive Insurance Association conference last week expect the market to heat up.