The plaintiffs bar is joining employers and insurers in supporting legislation that would clarify industry-reporting requirements under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.

A burgeoning global population, unprecedented droughts and extreme floods have hit a number of industries including agriculture, electric power, beverage and apparel, but investors have few avenues to determine how well companies are managing water risks, according to Ceres.

Property and casualty insurance brokers say prices edged up slightly during the third quarter of this year, with small accounts experiencing the largest increase, says the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.

Property and casualty insurance brokers say prices edged up slightly during the third quarter of this year, with small accounts experiencing the largest increase, says the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.

Jacksonville, Fla. company is now part of national medical liability insurer.

Travelers Cos is the latest large insurance company to say the asbestos problem, which the industry was supposed to have put behind it long ago, has not gone away and may be getting worse.

Travelers Cos is the latest large insurance company to say the asbestos problem, which the industry was supposed to have put behind it long ago, has not gone away and may be getting worse.

The Travelers Companies says third-quarter net income dropped 67 percent primarily on weather-related catastrophe claims that have rocked the insurance industry.