An Idaho woman who set fire to her home destroyed both her basement and her chances of collecting an insurance payout.

A trend is emerging that may put increased pressure on workers’ compensation rates. Liberty Mutual's Brian Melas discusses steps risk managers, with help from their insurers, can take to control costs.

A broker survey reveals further signs that the commercial property and casualty market’s long soft-market cycle may be grinding to a halt, but one executive says well-run insurers shouldn’t have to rely on a hard-market swing to make a profit.

Catastrophes continue to drive down second-quarter results for insurers as both domestic carriers and Bermuda companies report net-income declines and even losses, headlined by Allstate’s $620 million second-quarter loss.