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After the Japan meltdown, political pressures intensify in some countries to abandon nukes. Utilities face shutdown risks even as underwriting remains profitable for insurers.

Insurers value the track record of European-based highway builders and operators, and are welcoming this business.

U.S. report faults BP and its subcontractors for the Deepwater Horizon disaster, despite the companies' well-documented safety and prevention procedures.

Financial-sector risk management has been tossed and shaken. Carriers no longer want large chunks of this business on their own and there is plenty of unease on the part of regional banks with a weak underlying economy and regulators breathing down their necks. Click above to read more on this sector, or view the industry risk table to see more information about the major players' exposures, brokers and risk management programs.

The concentration of cargo on tomorrow's huge container ships is rewriting the rules of ocean-marine transport. Click above to read more on this sector.

When it comes to weight-loss, bariatric surgery might be the kindest cut of all. Does your health plan cover it?

The largest for-profit colleges have D&O programs with $75 million to $100 million in limits over deductibles of $1 million to $5 million. Even if insurers shy away from writing primary layers, the market is competitive.