At the RIMS conference in Orlando, the conversation turns to the economy and reasons behind the still-flat insurance market.

Aon Corp. said it will pay a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents per share on outstanding common stock on May 15 to shareholders of record on May 1.

According to the Insurity/Microsoft Millennials in Insurance Survey 2008, nearly 60 percent of our employees are older than age 45. Between now and 2014, the U.S. property-casualty industry must fill almost 100,000 underwriting and claims positions.

What were the most unusual claims you've handled or heard about in the past few years? How did they turn out?

With the economy in a shambles, it's not surprising that risk managers are feeling the effects in their personal bank accounts, with raises and bonuses not as easy to come by as they might have been in the past few years.

At this week's annual RIMS conference, Bill Perry, the source of our cover story and president of Logic Associates--the top placement firm for risk managers--will be at the National Underwriter exhibit booth (1011) on Monday morning, April 20.

In a recent episode of the CBS-TV sitcom, "How I Met Your Mother," corporate survivor extraordinaire Barney Stinson counsels that to avoid being laid off, he needs to fill a more popular workplace role at Goliath National Bank.

Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc., has acquired the assets of North Coast Surety Insurance Services and North Coast Surety Technologies. Transaction terms were not released.