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Wells four miles below the surface pose new challenges, as oil and gas multinational companies look to the commercial insurance market and strong safety records keep prices reasonable.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded oil & gas companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Risk managers who lock in too much supply through long-term contracts could find themselves in trouble if commodity prices fall. Yet risk managers who can't find enough supply would force power plant owners to pay premium prices in the spot market.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded energy and utility companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Climate change conference heats up during discussions about the opportunities posed by the concern for our environment.

A warming planet is forcing some carriers and reinsurers to re-examine limits and exclusions to existing policies, and others to rethink some of their products entirely.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded utilities and energy companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

Drivers are longing for the days of cheap gasoline, and oil companies are pining for the days of cheap insurance. Those days are gone, swept away by hurricanes. Now the oil industry faces paying much more for much less when they go to buy windstorm coverage for their offshore rigs and platforms.

The underwriting status quo in the marine and energy insurance market is sinking. Parts of it already lie in tatters at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The time has come for a new model to float to the surface.

A listing of some of the nation's top publicly traded oil & gas services companies, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.

The pace of global warming seems glacial compared with this red-hot trend: The total value of weather risk management instruments spiked 83 percent last year over the previous year, according to a recent survey.

A listing of some of the nation's top hydroelectric utilities, their risk managers, brokers, captives and risk management programs.