The National Conference of Insurance Legislators unanimously approved an act mandating workers' compensation coverage in the construction industry and establishing penalties for those who try to game the system.

RIMS has expanded its online courses, webinars and recorded podcasts.

Todd Wartchow has been promoted to senior finance officer of Wells Fargo Insurance Services.

With fewer hurdles to face in bringing lawsuits against employee benefit plan fiduciaries than against directors and officers, more victims of Ponzi schemes will file pension liability suits, a legal expert predicted recently.