Data security

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.

Despite the highly publicized breach, Alliance Data's Q1 net income surged 85% to $86.4 million, from a year earlier.

Organized vehicle scams defraud insurers and customers alike, costing billions of dollars annually, says Insurance Information Institute.

The platform is designed to assist insurers implementing usage-based insurance programs by collecting and analyzing telematics data.

Aon report says Q1 2011 was the worst quarter ever for the facultative reinsurance market.

A new report offers cause to celebrate the industry’s move beyond the recession; yet pricing hurdles may remain.

Buffett, Sokol sued by shareholder over actions prior to March acquisition.

Sluggish growth, inflation fears discussed during Big “I” CEO panel.

Global reinsurer capital reached an all-time high of $470 billion at the end of 2010, says an Aon Benfield study.

Study results based on evaluation of more than 13.8 million video events of drivers recorded over the course of 2010.

A pair of vendors shine a light on the role of keylogging and social engineering as a growing threat to insurers in the wake of the Epsilon breach.

California pest control company is accused of avoiding $2.9 million in workers’ compensation premiums.

The suggestions are intended to improve the health care act’s individual mandate clause, regardless of whether the law’s controversial centerpiece is legally removed over time.

Crazy as it sounds, the Department of Justice needed a court order to disrupt a botnet that has been operating for a decade.

Insurers may learn from how banks are addressing the fallout from the Epsilon data breach.

Risk modeling companies issue new predictions for insurers’ costs from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami.

Through a combination of key technologies and partnering with the business, IT can help insurers achieve profitable growth.