Data security

Consolidation and fluctuating returns have complicated risk management, creating new technology priorities for insurers, according to Novarica study.

The system was about 190 miles south-southwest of Cape Fear, North Carolina, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said in an advisory at 5 a.m. local time.

iWorks Prophet GI is designed to help general and P&C insurers manage risk modeling.

The formation of an El Niño and cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures in the Atlantic Main Development Region could suppress hurricane formation and severity.

All companies are aware of the growing risk of cyberattacks, yet few are taking the steps necessary to protect critical information. The key? Senior managers need to lead.

This growing combination of real-time data collection from remote sources, wireless connectivity and analytics could affect virtually every aspect of insurance.

Insurers reveal what technology initiatives are on their horizons and what technological challenges keep them up at night.

Global risks remain and insurers still need government backstop, according to Guy Carpenter; reform bill raises trigger for attacks.

To increase market share and increase relevancy, Accenture says insurers must plan for the blurring between the digital and physical world, the rise of crowdsourcing, the advent of the data supply chain and three other trends.

While insurers have spent years and millions of dollars acquiring or replacing information systems, there is a lack alignment between companies’ business and IT organizations, according to a panel at America’s Health Insurance Plans Institute.

Insured Rating enabled insurer to release its AirCare product.

Broker places bloodstock risk electronically with insurer.

On day three at IASA’s 2014 Educational Conference and Business Show, we take a look at why all insurers should care about ORSA, and SMA's Karen Furtado evaluates the billing system market.

Tool is designed to enable insurers to transform financial data into actionable insights and analysis for investments.

Insurer will implement underwriting, rating, illustrations and reports for its employee benefits and worksite products, plus sales and underwriting workbench.

Learning fast from failure is a critical component to being able to compete against new and diverse challenges facing the insurance industry, note advisors.

Only 38 percent of organizations surveyed have a methodology to prioritize security investments based on risk and impact to business strategy.

Sports associations, along with insurers, developers, banks and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, say their businesses could be wiped out by a Sept. 11-style attack.

UBI, which uses telematics to monitor how many miles an automobile travels or how a driver handles a car, is one of the hottest areas in P&C insurance. Here’s what CIOs need to know.

Companies lack mature vendor risk-management practices and don’t have the necessary resources and staff to meet best practice standards, study finds.