Insurers could be looking at losses of between $5 billion and $50 billion if even a moderate series of earthquakes was to occur adjacent to major urban areas in the New Madrid region, according to a Risk Management Solutions analysis.

The insurance industry is now definitively in a hardening market, according to W.R. Berkley CEO William R. Berkley.

The insurance industry is now definitively in a hardening market, according to W.R. Berkley CEO William R. Berkley.

Property and casualty carriers shed 900 jobs in October compared to September, continuing a trend seen since July 2008, but the insurance industry overall added 4,900 positions in October.

After the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, major companies are beginning to examine risk-management strategies for their supply chains in China, as that country is exposed to many of the same natural-catastrophe risks as Japan and is a larger supply-chain hub for many companies, according to a new...

Japanese insurers could soon be on an equal footing with global competitors with respect to mergers and acquisition activity outside of Japan if a new deregulation plan is approved, according to Moodys.

When looking at the property and casualty industrys performance for the first nine months of 2011, or even just the third quarter, the news is the same: sharply declining profits and underwriting results compared to the same periods in 2010, according to three recent reports.

The level of global investment in renewable energy is surging, but as this industry grows, new risks are emerging and firms are trying to find ways to manage them. Currently, insurance represents the most common mechanism to transfer risk to third parties, according to a Swiss Re-sponsored report from the...