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With insurers facing pressures from business objective imperatives, IT still need to find a safe way to manage their mobile devices, notes new research results.

Think tank Heartland Institute issues another hyperbolic statement, this time on leaked—and possibly fake—documents containing climate change information.

IntelliDrive enables fleet managers to improve driver safety and efficiency while reducing costs by leveraging technology.

The distracted driving battle goes on, as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposes voluntary steps that would establish new safety criteria for hands-free calling, navigation and entertainment systems in new cars and trucks.

Software enabling insurers to calculate and integrate risk ratings for wildfires unveiled.

Additional data source to help insurers improve catastrophe modeling results.

Well-executed initiatives in the back office can deliver bottom-line savings, are you up to the task?

New Towers Watson survey, which queried 69 P&C insurers in the U.S. and Canada, found 85 percent of respondents saying they use or are planning to use predictive modeling.

Department of Housing and Urban Development proposal an example of why insurers need to engage evolving regulatory risks, rather than bunker down and weather the current storm.

Insurance Networking News asked Keith Jentoft, president, RSI Video Technologies, how property insurers can foment the use of modern wireless and video technologies to mitigate claims and rejuvenate a partnership with law enforcement.

The hallmark of a resilient organization is in its acknowledgment of the problems in risk prediction, especially of “black swan” events, says Joe Plumeri.

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America's Big “I” Professional Liability Program and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have launched a risk management website, E&O Happens.

With all the tools and technologies at our disposal, isn’t it just good sense to hold clients’ contractually accountable for known risk management prevention efforts?

Amid the ingoing stream of dire economic news it is easy to forget the threat that terrorism poses to the U.S. economy and by extension, the insurance industry.

A two-year prediction of property/casualty insurers’ financials reveals marginal improvement.

To model for natural disasters, insurance companies rely on modeling expertise from firms such AIR Worldwide, RMS and EQECAT. New report from AIR Worldwide casts critical eye on predictive models.

Forbes.com Lists the 9 Safest 2012 Vehicles

State Farm has made its Driver Feedback mobile app available on Android devices. This free app is designed to turn a person’s cell phone into a pocket-sized driving coach when placed in the car.

Two of the world’s largest reinsurers, Swiss Re and Willis Re, announced new CEOs.

AGCS, the global corporate and specialty insurer in the Allianz Group, conducted the survey during the second half of 2011 to identify the risks respondents expected to have the greatest impact on their livelihoods.