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The number of captive insurance companies domiciled in the United States is increasing at a growing rate, and the trend is likely to continue, with more U.S. companies establishing domestic captives,

While risk managers used to fear hearing the ring of a telephone, since it could only be bad news or a superior calling them onto the carpet, now it is far more likely for risk managers to initiate th

All things considered, Harry and Louise--that folksy, fictional, middle-class couple that helped kill First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's healthcare reform proposals back in the mid-90s--might very we

Rep. Barney Frank threw down the gauntlet last month on extension of TRIA, insisting he would not be bullied by the Senate into abandoning his more comprehensive bill. But with the federal reinsurance

Insurance officials are bending over backwards to dampen any enthusiasm about industry-wide first-quarter results, but the truth is that despite a softening market and tenuous investment climate, prof

Is there a way for insurers to quantify how much insurers actually pay out to close a claim, versus how much the claimant sought? A journalism "auditor" suggested recently that the lack of such hard n

If a group long supportive of national regulation such as the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers can come out of last week's extraordinary confab with the National Association of Insurance Commis

While there is plenty of blame to go around for the ongoing financial meltdown, two prime causes were unregulated insurance transactions by AIG in the form of credit default swaps, and a negligent Con