Commercial Lines

State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. spent more on lobbying than any other property and casualty insurance company in 2011, according to data released today by SNL Financial.

State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. spent more on lobbying than any other property and casualty insurance company in 2011, according to data released today by SNL Financial.

The City of Columbia, Mo.s money-saving efforts include increasingly concentrated attempts to keep Workers Compensation costs down, says Sarah Perry, the citys risk manager for more than 15 years and a member of NUs Risk Managers Advisory Board.

The City of Columbia, Mo.s money-saving efforts include increasingly concentrated attempts to keep Workers Compensation costs down, says Sarah Perry, the citys risk manager for more than 15 years and a member of NUs Risk Managers Advisory Board.

With abundant capacity available and reinsurers tempered approach to catastrophe modeling, reinsurance renewals are stable despite 2011s monster losses.

Public-sector risk managers look to such options as public-private partnerships and Workers Comp-reduction programs, in order to make the most of their limited budgets as the economy slowly recovers.