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Decision-making, not governance, risk and compliance (GRC), underlies the true value of enterprise risk management.

An accident highlights best practices for managing workers' compensation claims as the victim returns to work within seven months of the accident.

A risk manager at a Western utility finds just the right--but rare--tool he needs to manage all his company's exposures: a captive.

Are catastrophe bond investors prepared for the day when a massive California earthquake causes their entire principal to disappear?

The insurance industry can rest assured that they're better equipped than banks to handle fat-tail events. But that doesn't mean lessons can't be learned about modeling from the global financial crisis.

Risk managers in the market for a TPA had better sharpen their pencils, and bring along an extra notepad.

Redomiciling and excitement over setting up healthcare captives are expected to dominate the agenda at the annual conference this month of the Captive Insurance Companies Association.

Chemical producers' initiatives in environmental risk management gain traction with underwriters.

Fresh blood courses through the captive regulatory veins in Vermont, Delaware, Arizona, Utah, Hawaii and Nevada, as new faces prepare to alter the captive landscape.

As rates hold the line, it is a good year for risk managers to take stock of their coverage and get their professional liability insurance house in order as a market hardening may come in the form of a tightening of underwriting standards.

Corporate catastrophe bonds are a rare breed, especially in this soft insurance market. But with the cost of bonds coming down and new technologies available, the capital markets could be more appealing than ever to risk managers.

For many vendors who sell to the risk management community, cloud computing, or the ability to rent out software, platforms and infrastructure as needed, represents the latest step in delivering computing power as a service.

Have brokers gone all soft and squishy? No, only prices have as the market continues to drift lower. So the best brokers have had to toughen up to meet all their clients' expectations.

We all know that insurance brokering executives are competitors in their very nature. We just didn't know how competitive.

Brokers under age 40 offer vigor, tenacity and tech savvy, making them a hot commodity when firms are feeling the financial pinch.