News that Purdue is exploring filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy suggests the company might be trying to avoid financial liability in opioid-related suits.

GDPR reinvented the way data is collected. Now, more robust covers are coming to market while companies engage their boards in cyber security.

Ahead of RIMS’ annual conference in late April, we sat down with industry executives to see what trends they’ll be keen to discuss at the show.

College sports teams are employing companies to collect potentially damaging anonymous complaints, helping them stay ahead of risk.

The casualty market is being squeezed by more liberal jurors, more litigation funding and more mega verdicts.

Texas Mutual Insurance Company appoints a new board member, an Insurtech company welcomes COO and the RIMS risk manager of the year is announced.

Connecting discreet risk information throughout the business and making sense of it is a difficult task, but corporate insurance and risk management functions have innate skills to lead the charge.

GDPR laws on privacy allow for fines of up to 4 percent of global revenue for data breaches, which could cost Facebook $2.2 billion and Google $5.4 billion.

Everest adds a cyber and a marketing executive; Willis Towers Watson announces three appointments in its West region; and other key announcements.

2019 Executive to Watch Tom Warsop gives his take on the opportunities and challenges created by rapid technological change and the industry’s looming talent shortage.

Employers monitoring their employees’ health is fueling a boom in the amount of health information available to insurance companies and employers.

N.Y. regulators have subpoenaed Aon, seeking all materials related to insurance placements for Trump and the Trump Organization.

The failed Amazon-New York deal could act as a big risk management lesson on opportunity costs, as well as the importance of reviewing the big picture.

Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress included an accusation that Trump inflated assets to insurers. But it’s unclear whether such misstatements constitute insurance fraud.

Recently, I submitted a substantial list of movies that mention insurance agencies both real and fake. Here are some of my favorites.

Everest adds a property executive; Ametros names a senior managing director; Joe Zuk joins Orchid; Anders elected president of NAMSAP

Catastrophe losses dented some wholesale and specialty businesses in 2018, but the focus of WSIA’s Underwriting Summit was on how this steadily growing market can continue to thrive.

Creativity, deep industry knowledge and delivering superior customer service are the hallmarks of these award-winning brokers.

Humbled by his own experiences with homelessness, this P&C broker knows what it’s like to face a challenge. So he works for solutions instead.

In this edition of People on the Move, EPIC, AIG, Ascinsure and more see people moving in their ranks.