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A recent ruling by the New York Court of Appeals opens the door for estates to sue attorneys, which could ultimately result in an increase in professional liability insurance premiums, predicts an executive.

Walmart may be the most frequent defendant named in wage-and-hour lawsuits, but insurers and pharmaceutical companies are also caught up in a maze of rules they didn't know applied to certain subsets of their workforce, experts say.

While employers and employment practices liability insurers are currently preoccupied with fears over wage-and-hour claims,

With $100 billion in excess capital, the property and casualty insurance market is not turning, a Wall Street analyst said Thursday, and a carrier executive attributed existing conditions to the absence of AIG's historical price leadership.

Issues surrounding the use of medical marijuana and social media are on a growing list of emerging employment practices liability topics, experts say.

Proposed legislation denying tax deductions for reinsurance premiums paid to offshore affiliates will likely pass through Congress, a Bermuda executive predicted here yesterday, but he criticized the measure as a restriction of free trade.

The Deepwater Horizon Drilling Platform explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not a risk management issue, an insurance executive said.

An industry official will testify before Congress Wednesday that a steep hike in the damage limits from an offshore drilling accident could drive offshore drillers out of U.S. waters.