E&S/Specialty

As employment practices liability lawsuits fueled by the recessionary job cuts move forward, experts see mixed signals for claims severity, including a possible fourfold spike in the level of emotional distress awards in successful cases.

Statistics indicate a startling rise in the number of retaliation claims brought against employers by their former and current employees.

The marine market has seen improvements compared to last year as shipping has picked up after the economic crisis of 2008, but both insurers and

The National Conference of Insurance Legislators appears set to win the support of another state legislative trade group for its interstate compact designed to implement the surplus lines reform

For fiscal year 2010, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received nearly 100,000 new private sector charges of employment discrimination--a record high and a jump of 7 percent over 2009, the agency reported.

The Dodd-Frank Act has reopened the door to U.S. regulatory action against some foreign entities after a recent Supreme Court decision had limited the reach of the U.S. legal system, according to experts.