Claims

These four areas will test insurers' abilities to react to a marketplace that is being assaulted by crises.

The season ranks as one of the more active in the 64 years since comprehensive record-keeping began.

When Amtrak's Vermonter passenger train headed toward Putney, Vt., on the tracks of the New England Central (NEC) at 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2005, there was no way that the engineer could have known

Even if one does not fully comprehend the complexities and causes of the current financial crisis, the enormity of the crisis and its impact on confidence in the economy is not lost on anyone.

"Flight risk" is a term that resonates more with bail bondsmen than with claim managers. Nevertheless, flight risk imperils claim operations nowadays.

The increase in severe weather events, combined with population growth and migration to high-risk locations in the U.S., will result in more claims, a higher incidence of fraud, and higher payouts for insurance companies.

Claims News Service, Dec. 30, 12:54 p.m. EST -- A report on the performance of near term hurricane models finds that the models significantly overestimated U.S. losses from Atlantic hurricanes for the

How a 1950's airline tragedy triggered the creation of the Federal Aviation Administration and its flight safety rules, and the historical impact on insurance claims.