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Whether you're a self-insured employer or an insurance carrier, getting a handle on your claims through the right technology is an urgent imperative.

Dennis Harwick, head of the Captive Insurance Companies Association, opens up about the major challenges facing the captive insurance industry. And we explore what will be the hot topics at the upcoming CICA annual conference.

We examine two big trends in the captive insurance space: one, the rise of captives for healthcare benefits, and how federal legislation will affect it; and two, the emergence of new hot domiciles like Kentucky.

Two ways to tighten up your disability management program: 1) how to better identify and understand critical risk factors in complex medical cases; and 2) why and how to better train staff who handle your disabled employees.

Insurers still have many unanswered questions when it comes to the first- and third-party risk associated with green building. But designers, sustainability experts and underwriters are closer than they think to agreeing that green buildings are better risks.

This wide-ranging special report looks at one condition crushing the claims trends for the managed care industry and self-funded employers: obesity. Meanwhile, our second article delves into how to best train and use claims software.

The Risk Innovator Award recognizes individuals across different industries who have demonstrated innovation and excellence in risk management. Read all the winner profiles in the 14 categories at the 2009 Risk Innovator page.

The annual Rendez-Vous in Monte Carlo is around the corner. What will the leaders of the reinsurance world be talking about at their biggest meeting? Who will be some of the new faces in Monaco?

The program administration business is thriving and highly competitive. Meanwhile, captive insurance is not in the doldrums either, with corporate risk managers experimenting with lines such as employee benefits.

The art of underwriting is more under pressure than ever, as carriers are crunched by diminishing investments and prices that seem to refuse to harden. What to do? Perhaps XL's John Glancy has answers.

We examine the Ledbetter law, signed by President Barack Obama in his first 100 days, and its effects on how employers must now treat their workers. We also talk with one of the leading lights in the claims-handling business.

We take a look at the present state and possible future of the catastrophe bond market. Can it become a $50 billion market in the near future. Also, CAT risk engineering services, and a profile of a modeling industry leader.

After Katrina-Rita-Wilma in 2005, all anyone in the P/C industry could talk about was hurricanes and property-catastrophe. Now after the global financial shutdown, all anybody can talk about is directors' and officers' cover--as in, run for cover.

As dashboard claims technology becomes easier to implement, many businesses are realizing that these are a valuable management and business intelligence reporting tool. Yet, implementation still has its challenges, and companies need help to make the right decisions.

The captive insurance industry is trying to hold steady despite the soft market that seems to be dragging on (yet should end any day now). But we focus on the grief (and successes) of two particular domiciles--Bermuda and Hawaii.