Aon Securities, the investment banking division of Aon Benfield Group Ltd., on Friday said catastrophe bond issuance had slowed in the second quarter, with only five new cat bonds issued.

Mike Soper has joined XL Catlin as U.S. Western regional leader, the insurer announced Friday.

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation can retroactively reclassify a company’s workforce and collect more than $1 million in back premiums regardless of whether the employer was at fault, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

Are health insurers’ merger dreams at a dead end?

“We believe a deal termination would likely have a negative impact on Humana’s credit profile,” S&P said in a report Friday.

NEW ORLEANS — Employers should be aware that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has and will likely continue to utilize consent decrees to force them to properly accommodate disabled employees.

The broker says that Martin South will head its U.S. and Canada business division and that it would realign some international units.

The U.S. Justice Department makes good on its promise to block megamergers among health insurers, and that leads the Business Insurance week in pictures in the process.

The Justice Department’s move to block health insurer mergers, confirmed Thursday, is among Business Insurance’s top 10 most read features.