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For millions of workers, the employer-funded insurance program has offered them a basic level of security.

November means it's the time of the year that we recognize some of the best workers' compensation and disability management programs in place at U.S. companies and government workplaces.

The system has left us with a creaky patchwork of different laws and regulations, all of them rife with abuse.

Maurice "Hank" Greenberg combined business intelligence, adaptability and strong leadership to build AIG's savvy risk management culture.

Cloud computing raises a host of liability and insurance issues, even as regulation and privacy rulings continue to shift.

Future claims management success demands redefining flexibility and responsiveness across a multiplicity of platforms.

Some of the industry's risk management consultants have been in the business for three or four generations, but whether their children will succeed them is anybody's guess.

Building information modeling technology eases the interaction between the owner, the design team and the general contractor, and that can raise the risk of higher professional liability exposures.

Future claims management success demands redefining flexibility and responsiveness across a multiplicity of platforms.

For engineers and construction professionals, Marcellus Shale presents enticing opportunities, but firms need to weigh risks and seek the advice of a broker as pollution liability insurance policies differ by carrier.

Risk models are growing in sophistication but still have major limitations, as delegates at this year's Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendez-Vous were reminded.

Carriers are right to take a go-slow approach to underwriting the risk from hydraulic fracturing.

Gas companies aren't paying nearly enough to cover the risks of extraction from shale deposits.

The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd. has a full slate as the organization introduces its new executive director, and meets for the first time following passage of reinsurance reform.

Computer break-ins are real and costing U.S. businesses billions of dollars a year, even robbing us of our identities.