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Property and casualty insurers must innovate to stay relevant to customers, improve profitability and transition into a business model that can shift with future market changes.

Expanding potential liability for employers and their employment practices insurers, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the green light to litigation involving the use of tests that have a disparate impact on a protected class.

William Berkley, who heads a group of U.S. insurers working to close what they see as a tax loophole for foreign insurers, suggested that critics are launching empty threats to thwart his coalition's efforts.

Failures in crisis management can have broad repercussions, such as loss of life, assets, revenue, image or brand.

Executives of W.R. Berkley said they would not hesitate to write coverage again for the operator of the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf last month, adding that increased prices and insurance requirements for operators could provide opportunities.

Everyone knows that aside from the underwriting department, information technology is one of the last places an insurance company should take unnecessary risk.

State Farm Mutual Insurance Company said it plans to stop handling claims for the National Flood Insurance Program but will continue writing policies.

The word epidemic immediately conjures up unpleasant connotations. But the literal definition of an epidemic simply is an event that is contagious and spreads rapidly, and those two traits are not inherently negative...