Markel Specialty's Agriculture Division has gained the staff of Agri-Risk Services Inc.

Despite the poor economy, persistently soft market and the insurance industry's chronic reputational challenges, buyers are basically happy with their commercial lines carriers, and most are unlikely to be seeking a change anytime soon.

The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and FM Global were the big winners in the first "Risk Manager Choice Awards."

No matter how many regulations or internal fail-safe systems an organization or a government puts in place, preventing systemic economic collapses means challenging peoples' worst instincts.

The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York are offering their members tools to help explain the benefits of a career in insurance in ways that younger students and workers can relate to.

Despite widespread publicity about the need for preventive measures to avoid the flu, nearly a third of workers in a poll said they have not altered their behavior.

The health insurance industry is very nervous about the reform bills making their way through Congress, and rightfully so.

The debate over wind-versus-water homeowner claims is not quite as cut and dried thanks to a ruling by the Mississippi Supreme Court in a Hurricane Katrina case.