While they may be known as property and casualty insurance agents, commercial intermediaries have no intention of sitting on the sidelines while one of their most lucrative sources of income is threatened by health insurance reform efforts.

Learn how this Birmingham, Ala.-based agency became a major player in the risk management business.

The Obama administration might compromise on its goal of a "public" option for health care insurance by considering proposals allowing private insurers to run such a program, a key presidential adviser said today.

One of a risk manager's primary goals is to control and, if possible, reduce the costs associated with various potential and realized liabilities for his employer. In addressing this challenge, a number of questions arise.