When Amtrak's Vermonter passenger train headed toward Putney, Vt., on the tracks of the New England Central (NEC) at 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 9, 2005, there was no way that the engineer could have known

"Flight risk" is a term that resonates more with bail bondsmen than with claim managers. Nevertheless, flight risk imperils claim operations nowadays.

When State Farm settled a lawsuit with Thomas and Pamela McIntosh for $250,000 in September, it marked the end of more than just a standard insurer/policyholder legal compromise.

David L. Eslick has been named chairman of Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, which should launch in the near future. Eslick is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of USI Holdings Ltd. The agency, which will serve U.S. companies