Data security

The insurer is seeking to appeal to parents with technology that can disable their children’s mobile phones when they are behind the wheel and provide warnings when they drive too fast.

Telematics, predictive modeling, leadership and security all were among topics of interest in 2013.

Despite tornadoes in the United States, flooding and hail in Europe and Typhoon Haiyan, in terms of insured losses, Swiss Re finds it was a comparatively moderate year.

Compared to last year, there were fewer hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and fires, according to CoreLogic report.

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The chief obstacle for health insurers is essentially a lack of insight into who’s enrolling in their HIX plans, says an independent merchant bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring and principal investing services in the health care industry.

The lack of hurricanes in the Atlantic will result in a low double-digit decline in pricing for 2014 renewals, Fitch said.

Zurich CEO predicts a "big impactful cyber event that will occur over the next couple of decades" and says designing policies for attacks that could shut down power systems or stop a city’s transportation network is more than challenging.

Swiss Re Selects Wolters Kluwer Financial Services

Breakdowns in financial controls can be disastrous for insurers.

It’s time for insurers of all types to hop on the big data bandwagon or risk getting left behind.

Partnership designed to offer Willis Re clients analytical capabilities to enable better management of flood accumulations.

California, Texas and Colorado are at the top of the list due to the number of households, but another state has the highest percentage of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire.

Reform measures do not need to be delayed while attempting to address the affordability of coverage for policyholders, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.

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The two confirmed EF-4 tornados that hit Illinois on Sunday also were unusual for occurring so far north, according to an analysis by Risk Management Solutions.

Nevertheless, opinions on what, if any, changes should be made to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act varied greatly.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Health Care Risk Management

Death toll in the Philippines may reach 10,000 total and economic impact may reach $14 billion, about $2 billion of which will be insured.

Professional Liability Snapshot designed to predict the risk of liability claims in the long-term care industry using analytics.