In todays global business climate, in which the pursuit of opportunity results in increased employee travel to some of the most dangerous regions of the world, agents and brokers have an opportunity to mitigate their clients risks by providing them with a comprehensive business-travel accident-insurance plan.

The massive and global expansion of demand for wind turbines is good news for manufacturers. But, naturally, these manufacturers, whether large original-equipment manufacturers or smaller component-parts producers, also face a number of risks which can cripple a company wlacking the proper coverage.

With Workers Compensation, the big shift is the medical component of costs exceeding indemnity costs. With Supply Chain risk, its the realization that supply and upstream customer chains can be far more fragile than anticipated in a catastrophe. And for food processors, the emerging challenge is a food-safety law that...

In its 2012 Global Insurance Outlook, Deloitte Research insurance leader Sam Friedman issues an interesting description of technology leaders in the insurance industry. He describes their work as revolutionary, and points out the important decisions CIOs make today are less about software or reengineering processes than they are about transformation.