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Going forward, the typical information technology employee at an insurer will need to be a "renaissance person" who incorporates insurance business knowledge into their skill set, one industry IT executive advised.

In the Back to the Future trilogy, Marty McFly experiences a lapse of reason every time someone calls him "chicken." Just like Marty, adjusters can be drawn into conflict with verbal attacks. Learn how to diffuse these situations by looking inward.

There is only about a month left for independent agencies to enter the 2010 Commercial Insurance Agency of the Year Award program, run by National Underwriter and its sister publication, American Agent & Broker. Read on for entry details.

One Sacramento, Calif.-area grocer will pay more than a half a million dollars in penalties after dissuading employees from filing legitimate workers' compensation claims.

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

A New York agents' association defended its lawsuit opposing a producer compensation regulation after a New York State Insurance Department representative questioned the group's motive in opposing disclosure and asked what the association has to hide.

The National Flood Insurance Program will lapse June 1 because of congressional inaction, meaning insurance agents will not be able to provide new or renewed insurance policies under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Write Your Own Program.

Willis Group Holdings has appointed Scott Pickering as chief executive officer, Russia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Africa.