Risk Management

While there are bills dealing with workers' compensation, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, and property insurance in general, there does not appear to be a universal consensus yet on the best

Three pension funds are asking the government trustees overseeing the U.S. loan to American International Group to withhold their support for one of the AIG board members who served on the company's compensation committee.

The chairmen of key Senate and House committees promised President Obama they will work together to have legislation on his desk by year's end creating a "new, more robust regulatory framework" for financial services firms.

Less than a month after Max Capital and IPC Re announced their boards approved a merger deal valued at roughly $900 million, Validus Holdings has presented the IPC board with a rival bid valued at $1.68 billion.

Insurance Services Office in Jersey City, N.J., announced they are offering a new facility so insurers can report title data for total loss vehicles to comply with federal law aimed at preventing sales of stolen and salvaged motor vehicles.

Insurer associations disagreed today on the extent of insurer assessment increases contained in the New York State budget agreed upon over the weekend.

NU readers answering our first online poll agreed recent clashes between Washington and AIG make federal insurance regulation more likely. This week's poll asks if AIG will be able to repay its bailout funding. Respond at www.property-casualty.com.

Paul Magaril, regional manager and counsel for Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, has been named a member of the New York task force designed to examine and issue recommendations on troubled self-insured workers' compensation trusts