The map utilized the latest scientific information available to determine earthquake intensity. The increased intensity in western Oregon and Washington is due to new ground motion models for the offs

Marsh said it established a multinational practice to be led by Howard B. Whitmore. The practice will coordinate Marsh's delivery of insurance brokerage and risk consulting services for clients operat

Indeed, last month's 12 percent average rate cut in U.S. property-casualty commercial policies was two points below February's 14 percent average decline, three points less than January and four

Producers looking for a light at the end of the tunnel in this soft, increasingly competitive commercial insurance pricing cycle see no sign of a turnaround this year--or even into early 2009 at this

In the 2008 Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. Benchmark Survey, conducted by the consulting firm Advisen, risk managers say the total cost of risk per $1,000 of revenue, on average, fell 12 p

In Aon Corp.'s continuing series of Web seminars on the insurance industry, executives from Aon discussed "Minimizing Casualty Cost of Risk" to advance ideas on how risk managers can control the insur

The bank said its insurance arm has acquired Burkey Risk Services of metro Orlando, Fla.; Savannah Reinsurance Underwriting Management LLC, a reinsurance broker based in Stamford, Conn.; Alpharetta, G

The bank did not give details on its insurance segment's performance, but in a statement Howard Atkins, Wells Fargo's chief financial officer, said many of its businesses achieved double-digit, year-o