Government supports for terrorism risk insurance are growing globally, although some countries provide no backing, according to a study by reinsurance brokerage Guy Carpenter Inc. The report examined the state of terrorism insurance in 34 countries and six continents. Summarizing the report, ... [full story]

Seismologists say a NASA plane equipped with sophisticated new radar will be a regular visitor to the skies over California's San Andreas Fault. The Uninhibited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar was recently installed on a Gulfstream jet that will ... [full story]

The average total cost of risk, made up of insurance premiums retained losses and risk management administrative costs, fell  9.4 percent per $1,000 of revenue in 2008, according to a survey. The findings in the annual benchmark survey of Risk and ... [full story]

Expanding the insurance industry’s workforce diversity, including recruiting and developing more female executives, is not only good politics and good corporate citizenship, but good business, one award-winning woman suggests. Indeed, for more female insurance executives to rise to the coveted ... [full story]