E&S/Specialty

If the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement opened a costly investigation of your business and employment practices, would the legal costs be covered under your existing employment practices liability insurance policy?

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

Fear of wage-and-hour claims is escalating among buyers and sellers of employment practices liability insurance, with sellers' fears limiting EPLI solutions for small employers--and resulting in none at all for the largest ones, market participants report.

Recap of the types of coverage for wage-and-hour exposures that are currently available:

Federally mandated insurance is preventing many contractors from taking part in the oil cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico from the BP oil spill.

The wholesale price for generic drugs rose substantially less than for brand drugs, according to a report on medical spending for workers' compensation claims.