Data security

As technological, environmental and economic risks assail insurers from all sides, a renewed focus on the process of risk management is required.

Division to reflect company’s growth in crime analytics and market potential in this area.

Natural disasters cost the global economy a record $370 billion in 2011, with losses for the insurance industry the second largest ever, according to Swiss Re.

Insurance smart box leverages cloud storage and online portals to monitor driver behavior.

In-car video study indicates electronic device usage, adjusting controls, personal grooming and eating/drinking are the most common distracting activities for teen drivers.

Report identifies an expansion of severe weather risk into Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas and Louisiana.

Paulson, rating agencies varied in their response to The Hartford’s decision to place individual annuity business into run off and pursue divestiture options for individual life, Woodbury Financial and retirement plans.

For dealing with the immense complexities behind regulatory and risk concerns, static data and spreadsheets may not cut it.

According to a new survey, cost containment leads employer concerns in 2012; safety also a worry.

Its Replicated Stratified Sampling financial modeling tools and techniques are designed to work with an insurers' existing models and actuarial software.

Automakers’ recent move to incorporate smartphone hubs into production and the recent outcries against distracted driving could put insurers in precarious position.

Focusing on cat modeling, Praedicat will be based on long-term research and development projects started at the parent companies.

Carriers are quoting average rate hikes of 5 percent to 10 percent for D&O and E&O insurance after more than two years of price cuts, according to analysis by SKCG Group.

Protocols, including smartphone implementation into auto production, set the stage for telematics use within the next five years, according to a new report.

The problem stems from companies that value speed to market over security when they create mobile versions of their e-commerce sites.

The rising prices for base metals could wreak havoc not just on insurers, but on the nation’s critical infrastructure, reports the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Insurers such as Travelers and AIG say they may have to rethink how they handle the underwriting of reoccurring natural disasters.

New report sees technology disruption as the best means of offsetting economic and environmental uncertainties.

As the insured losses from storms continue to rise, insurers may need to spread their risk, have reissuance in place and readjust reinsurance for 2012.

Stakeholders from the insurance industry met with members of the U.S. Senate to acknowledge the role global warming plays in extreme weather-related losses and call for action.