The ongoing recession has hit workers' comp carriers hard, causing nearly a quarter of the market's premiums to evaporate and cutting profitability by as much as half in the past two years, experts in the field reported here.

What questions should insurance brokers and underwriters be asking customers about cloud computing and its impact on exposure and coverage?

Unisource Program Administrators has been acquired by U.S. Risk.

Despite a cut in federal subsidy to the crop insurance program, crop insurers are expected to remain profitable, but they likely won't see the 20 percent-plus returns they enjoyed in the past, a report said.

A change in how companies account for their deferred acquisition costs will probably have a greater impact on life and health insurers than property and casualty carriers and will not affect companies' bottom lines, a new report said.

The failure of Congress to approve long-term renewal of a revamped National Flood Insurance Program could jeopardize the participation of private carriers.

Protesters who say insurance company lobbyists are working to undermine state efforts to implement the federal health care reform law interrupted the summer meeting here of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

The claim experience can either make or break a customer's relationship with an insurer. Insurers must understand how people will react to loss scenarios in order to customize services that will ensure customer satisfaction.