Instec, a provider of software and services to the commercial property/casualty insurance industry, announced a new version of its quicksolver 3 policy administration software. New features including an administrator module, automated endorsement wording, and enhancements to the user interface.

Mark your calendars! NU provides highlights of the upcoming Target Market Program Administrators Midyear Meeting in Boston.

The annual risk managers salary survey conducted by NU in partnership with Logic Associates, a leading industry job-search firm, asked 355 risk managers to tell us about their compensation packages (see pages 19 & 21)—and about other key elements of their jobs, such as education levels, reporting structures and overall...

Entries are invited for the Commercial Agency Awards for Excellence program, run jointly by National Underwriter and American Agent & Broker.

The National Underwriter Risk Managers Advisory Board will provide a national forum for leading risk managers to share their professional expertise, their experiences, and their views on loss control, safety, insurance purchasing and alternative-market issues. It will help NU editors identify the best-in-class solutions to the problems and issues all...

Aon Benfield says the severe weather events resulted in 20,000 insurance claims in the Southeast and the Mississippi Valley with payouts exceeding $120 million.

Insured losses from the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami will likely range between $21 billion and $34 billion, including both P&C and life and health claims.

In May 2010, when parts of Tennessee saw 13 inches of rain in a mere two days, the overflowing of the Cumberland River affected structures throughout Nashville.