Data security

New offerings target MGAs, TPAs, workers comp, self-insureds and mutual carriers

J.D. Power and RIMS report that large business commercial insurance customers are most satisfied when insurers and brokers deliver on customer service, price and claims.

Joseph Murphy will take the reins of the malpractice insurers’ underwriting and risk management operations.

Return, risk and regulatory pressures require radical re-thinking of portfolio management operations, according to a report from Celent.

To achieve meaningful benefits, first address the business priorities of the combined entity before merging technologies and systems.

Firm claims that using the application, some clients have experienced as much as 10-to-one returns.

Don Culpepper, risk management consultant for Fireman’s Fund, discusses insurance applications for the Internet of Things.

U.S.' second largest life insurer 'well equipped' to take on longevity risk

Global costs from natural catastrophes were $125 billion in 2013, including $31 billion in insured losses, a number that is expected to increase.

Effisoft’s WebXL reporting tools provide stronger controls and dramatic productivity gains.

Combining Perspecsys Cloud Data Protection and ClaimVantage Claims Processing provides insurers with a secure infrastructure for claims automation.

So-called Risk-O-lator app allows teens to test their knowledge about risky driving behavior.

Assigning blame shouldn’t be the only strategy you have in case of a major data breach.

Collected information would enable further exploration of areas of concern raised by commenters during the proposal stage of the revised regulatory capital framework rulemaking.

Even when application security testing is undertaken, it often is done casually by developers who are mostly concerned with the applications' functionality.

Reinsurance prices dropped this year during each of the policy renewal periods in January, April and July, according to broker Guy Carpenter.

Extremely low interest rates for investments and years in which losses for reinsurers were relatively low are adding pressure on prices.

Record reinsurance capacity is driving growth capital for insurers.

Insurers must catch up with other sectors in responding to cyber threats, says a panel of Deloitte experts.

Aon Risk Solutions also appoints new leadership in its Financial Services Group; Brian Wanat will serve as CEO for the U.S. Financial Services Group.