Risk

Insurer further expands presence in the New England region by closing deal with Watson Insurance.

Purchase of agency will add 25 employees to staff, expand BB&T’s foothold in California.

NASA says the overall sea level has declined over the past year, so what are insurers to think?

Insurers Arming Against Piracy

Company commits to expanding insurance coverage in Haiti, Senegal.

A natural-language supercomputer holds unlimited potential in unraveling uncertainties surrounding claims and conditions.

Estimate from Risk Management Solutions excludes power outages and tree-fall damage.

Department of Labor agrees to re-purpose rule seeking to clarify definition of fiduciary advice.

The question of how to regulate insurance companies at the holding company level is vexing both here and abroad.

Real-time, location-based intelligence is transforming the way auto insurers operate.

Proactive response is the key; government action is not the answer.

Amarillo Top City for Hail

In congressional testimony, NAIFA says proposed common fiduciary standard would harm smaller investors.

Ryan Larson appointed director of sales and client services in northwest region.

Risk management software refined to address complex accumulation risks.

A.M. Best says worsening of the economic landscape in Europe merits consideration.

GIS and social media converge to provide a 360-degree view of what's happening on the ground after disasters.

Swiss Re figures already pin down 2011 as the second-costliest year for insured catastrophe damages; Aon Group estimates United States alone has suffered $7 billion more in losses since June.

Chief risk officers from some of the largest life and P&C insurers, including AIG, Allstate, Chubb and MassMutual, lay the foundation for the newly formed North American CRO Council.

Industry remains well capitalized, but mounting disaster losses hammer combined ratio.