Swiss Re, announcing what it called a move to "capture efficiency gains" following its purchase of GE Insurance Solutions, announced last week that it will reduce its global work force by 2,000

Americans from Port Arthur, Texas, to Key West, Fla., are in the midst of a massive rebuilding effort as they recover from 2005's hurricanes. Fortunately, much of this reconstruction is financed by

An organization's solution "should be a balance of mitigation controls, financing strategies and insurance strategies," suggested Gary Lynch, national practice leader at Marsh for business continuity

The property-casualty industry faces its first post-Katrina "wind vs. flood" court challenge in a bench trial that opened last week in a Mississippi federal district court, and while confident of a