Data security

Financial and political hurdles continue to dog policymakers and serve to create a stalemate that will affect the program’s fate.

Historic tornado outbreak in the South contributed in excess of $1.3B insured losses, including $1B in Alabama alone.

The changes are intended to help assess the natural catastrophe risk to industrial facilities and wind and solar energy installations.

Experts debate big data’s impact on financial services and the U.S. economy.

Executives in the C-suite are counting on risk managers to take a more active role in integrating enterprise-wide risk management with their broader strategic goals for the organization, according to a survey results released by Marsh and the Risk Information Management Society (RIMS).

AEGON, Aetna, Berkshire Hathaway, Harleysville, Progressive and others all received updates.

Insurers may learn from bank IT execs' plans regarding the rapidly multiplying risks that result from the use of mobile devices outside the firewall by both executives and consumers.

Marsh recently unveiled protection for the prospect that the FDIC— authorized by the Dodd-Frank Act to resolve firms too big for bankruptcy—could someday try to punish officers of a failed company by reclaiming their salaries.

The sixth annual INN's Women in Insurance Leadership program profiles women insurance professionals whose leadership and performance has redefined their business and its application of technology.

As cyber attacks across all sectors continue to increase, risk managers need to take a broader look at how they address the issue, survey says.

Economic risks, regulatory changes sit atop risk management survey.

2011 inductees to be unveiled today at RIMS Annual Conference.

Wyde system to be used for group life and disability income insurance administration, end-to-end solution to support growth.

North American and Bermudan insurance companies received an updated enterprise risk management opinion from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, the company reports.

What Impact is Mobility Having on Insurers?

As life insurers accumulate more longevity risk and face investment management challenges, opportunities for growth abound.

SEC says controversial section 404(b) is not prohibitively burdensome to mid-sized companies.

Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earn highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

While the number of records breached dropped from 2009, the overall number of breaches rose to its highest-ever level.

A Deloitte study suggests leveraging analytics and investing in technology as two of the ways to enhance claims management for P&C insurers.