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Our correspondent has a Q&A with the controversial OSHA appointee, Dr. David Michaels, about OSHA's tougher penalties, whether stricter enforcement leads to higher costs to employers, the new emphasis on MSDs and more.

Directors and officers often get thrown under the proverbial bus when regulators come investigating wrongdoing at their companies. That's when D&O insurance comes to their rescue, right? Perhaps wrong.

The shape of post-financial crisis enterprise risk management is emerging on the horizon, and it involves better use of number-crunching tools as well as skill sets that have nothing to do with math.

Catastrophe risk models are ubiquitous in the (re)insurance industry, so much so that insurers have to rely on them even when they know these software tools are not entirely accurate, says one of the founders of the business.

Predictive modeling is becoming common practice for commercial insurers. Here's how they've been able to properly apply the technology and score better loss ratios and favorable price changes.

While at RIMS this year, you might be hearing more about a group of intermediaries called the Independents. This is because the role of independent, nimble brokers will only grow in the future as risk management partners become increasingly more important.

Stock throughput insurance goes further than simple property coverage

The Vermont captive insurance industry is as booming as ever. Here's why, according to some of the top captive managers in the domicile.

Microsoft Corp.'s Lori Jorgensen finds herself working in the technology sector's top risk management ranks, at a company that shuns traditional insurance.

High-performance computing (HPC) solutions give carriers the ability to more accurately gauge assessments of risk.

The expectations placed on the members of healthcare boards of directors are ever-expanding. Organizations that expect to thrive will focus on education and good governance.

Thanks in part to efficient claims processing, a Florida resort is back in business less than 12 months after a fire destroys the property.

A soft market has carriers turning up in unusual numbers at the annual Target Markets conference, notes program business veteran Nancy D. Glennon.

Controlling costs on long-term permanent disability claims often simply means doing a bit of research.

Advances in technology are making it more affordable for organizations to use surveillance cameras on employees in an effort to increase productivity. But do the benefits of such a system outweigh the costs?