E&S firms "have become more highly professional, sophisticated and certainly more diverse than ever before. Insureds and their retail brokers are increasingly looking to the Wholesale community to provide innovative coverage and structure as a way to get to the best possible outcome."

Higher claims experience and a new law will likely cause a double-digit rise in Missouris workers compensation rates next year, a new report says.

Higher claims experience and a new law will likely cause a double-digit rise in Missouris workers compensation rates next year, a new report says.

Insurers may consider turning to private and hybrid cloud services to help navigate worrisome weather patterns, a sluggish economic recovery, lower investment returns and customer demands for 24/7 responsiveness.

Insurers may consider turning to private and hybrid cloud services to help navigate worrisome weather patterns, a sluggish economic recovery, lower investment returns and customer demands for 24/7 responsiveness.

Adjusters bemoan unrealistic case loads, but with supervisors also stretched thin, active claims management can get short shrift, leading to litigation.

Detroit is poised to default on about $641 million of its general obligation bonds on Tuesday, an event that is likely to spur a legal challenge over Detroit's decision to take tax money earmarked for bond payments and apply it instead to city needs.

Detroit is poised to default on about $641 million of its general obligation bonds on Tuesday, an event that is likely to spur a legal challenge over Detroit's decision to take tax money earmarked for bond payments and apply it instead to city needs.