Efforts to create a regional meeting format for captive insurance companies is seeing results with Arizona and Utah agreeing to form the Western Region Captive Insurance Conference (WRCIC) for 2010.

Multi-channel fraud not only results in added expenses for bogus claims but also in the corruption of vital data on which underwriters rely. Certain tactics can help insurers to actively monitor the claim process for collusion and reduce costs.

They say that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones--a time-honored piece of advice ignored earlier this week by Maurice Greenberg, AIG's ...

In tough times like these, insurance carriers need to find ways to help their independent agents get away from processing orders.