As one of the many outgrowths of the sweeping federal health care law, health insurers and employers must now pay the cost of screening children for obesity and providing them with appropriate counseling. With about one in three children in the United States obese or overweight, according to government ...

 OAKLAND, Calif.—California's Injury and Illness Prevention Program has had little impact on reducing worker injuries and fatalities in the state, according to a report from the California Commission for Health, Safety and Workers' Compensation. The commission released a draft of the study Thursday. The IIPP program, implemented in 1991, ...

 The weekend grounding of the Carnival Corp. cruise ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy with more than 4,000 passengers and crew aboard, may cost insurers more than 400 million euros. The 290-meter Costa Concordia was on a trip around the Mediterranean when it hit rocks near Giglio ...

 What happens after you get into a car accident, and who pays the bills, could be changing. State lawmakers are wrestling with ways to reform the state’s no-fault auto insurance law. The law requires drivers carry $10,000 worth of coverage and forces insurance companies to pay out regardless of ...

  NEW YORK - Property/casualty rates are under mounting upward pressure due to recent catastrophe losses and continued low interest rates that have limited investment returns, according to speakers at last week's Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in New York. In addition, a survey of industry executives who attended the ...