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Haunted by the sight of his fellow Americans, a man ponders the value of soda taxes, or at least more clothing.

Healthcare reform might lead employers to think that calling workers independent contractors is the way to go. But new federal and state initiatives could lead to problems, should employers fail to properly classify workers.

For many attendees at the annual conference of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association, it will be their first crack at meeting VCIA President Richard Smith.

If a company has a captive insurance company, the additional risk associated with an acquisition can often be integrated into the captive with no increase in premium and no addition to capital.

Law firms migrate to the traditional market encouraged by lower prices and the fact that lawyers are becoming more aggressive in suing former employers and partners.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration data reveals a disparity in lost-time injury rates among airline companies and airports.

Risk and the tough economy: How the public sector and taxpayers are paying the price for budget cuts and the increase in risk.

Record first quarter catastrophe losses could bring price hardening, but so far the primary carriers hold all the cards.

Property insurance underwriters await the big event, or events, that will turn the market. In the meantime, risk managers are getting what they need, and even what they want, at renewal in 2010.

Will directors go belly up with failing firms? How risk managers can bullet-proof their Side-A D&O coverage.

In the workers' compensation proposal process, improving communication and collaboration through smart use of networking technologies is essential to match buyers to the best markets.

The BP oil spill disaster will result in plenty of business interruption insurance claims being filed in the Gulf. Should those claims go to court--and many do--here are lessons for policyholders learned in Hurricane Katrina loss.

Workers' comp reform in California has come undone. So the private sector moves to pick up the pieces while the litigators litigate.

Sourcing and supply chain organizations ought to focus on the three factors that are redefining the global economy and will continue to impact risk management in the future: speculation, faulty regulation and "me-tooism."

There has never been a greater demand for risk manager jobs--but positioning yourself to earn a position in this race has never been more difficult. Hence a greater need for risk training and certification.