WASHINGTON--The American Insurance Association asked the Treasury Department yesterday to consider supporting an optional federal charter for insurers in its study of ways to improve the financial serv

Last month's earthquake that struck the Chinese province of Yunnan will cost some $250 million in economic losses, according to a new study by Risk Management Solutions and the Institute of Engineerin

Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo said while lower than the 16.6-to-30.6 percent large insurers had requested, the increase is necessary to avoid "further financial deterioration of the companies and per

Florida law requires an annual review of assessments that workers' comp carriers and self-insurers pay into the Workers' Compensation Administration Trust Fund to administer the state's workers' compe

Florida law requires an annual review of assessments that workers' comp carriers and self-insurers pay into the Workers' Compensation Administration Trust Fund to administer the state's workers' compe

The firms are offering risk management services to deal with the aftermath of an incident. Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc., based in Farmington, Conn., Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Bo

A federal judge in Illinois has limited an insurance carrier's exposure in a $10 million environmental damage action that provides one of the few cases interpreting the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, acco

The shifting threat of terrorism means multinational companies may need to revise their assessment of risk to fully understand the risk their businesses may face, according to the Chicago-based insura