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Amwins Group Inc. Wednesday said it has combined managing general agents Amwins Transportation Underwriters and National Truck Underwriting Managers to form Amwins National Transportation Underwriters.

With growth opportunities on one hand and lingering challenges on the other, risk management in construction has taken on even more importance.

Workplace injuries can happen for a lot of reasons, and Pie Insurance just unveiled how crazy it can get.

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. said Wednesday it has added global aviation claims and adjusting services, headed by Robert McParlin, managing director.

Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer Canopius Group Ltd. Wednesday said former Validus Reinsurance Ltd. executive Jesse DeCouto has been named chief underwriting officer and former Axa XL executive Tonia Morgan as chief financial officer of Canopius Reinsurance Ltd.

Data analytics firm Verisk beat estimates for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by strong demand for its products used by property/casualty insurers to assess underwriting risks.

Higginbotham Tuesday promoted Chris Rooker to the newly created position of president of business insurance for the Fort Worth, Texas-based brokerage.

BRP Group Inc. said Wednesday it will change its name to The Baldwin Group and reduce its about 40 regional brand names to fewer than five.

Aon PLC on Wednesday unveiled a suite of tools that can help organizations analyze risks and decide how to structure their insurance programs.

Lauded as the most profitable commercial insurance line, workers compensation is seeing increases in indemnity payments in several large states post-pandemic, likely spurred by wage inflation, but the trend is unlikely to trigger a reversal in year-over-year rate decreases for now, experts say.

In workers compensation claims, outcomes have historically depended on the quality of experts — both the claims adjuster and, less visibly, a team lending support to adjusters behind the scenes.

Aging worker claims often are more susceptible to litigation, as issues of causation and claim expansion come into question.

The aging U.S. workforce is a rising concern for employers and workers compensation insurers as older worker injury claims are more likely to contain comorbidities.

As companies add generative artificial intelligence capabilities, the insurance sector weighs how the technology changes risks

Too often, a routine shoulder, knee, or back injury becomes a large loss with delayed recovery. Learn how a value-based model is driving better outcomes for MSK injuries.

Is your business leading, or lagging? Join us for a discussion with experts in the field of cyber risk management about what challenges are on the horizon and what to consider in the wake of a breach.

With hurricane season approaching, Clayton Matthews, claims director at Oakbridge Insurance Agency, sets out what policyholders should do before a storm hits and the processes they should follow if they have a claim.