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With maximum sustained winds of 195 mph, the Category 5 typhoon that made landfall over the Philippines is likely to be the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on record anywhere in the world.

Predictive analytics offerings for commercial carriers are designed with geographic segmentation capabilities.

Upgraded version designed to include catastrophe model blending, as well as improvements to direct catastrophe import and financial capabilities.

Large insurers responding to a recent survey were unanimously invested in predictive modeling, but challenges persist.

Data security breaches are both common and costly. While many insurance companies are keeping up with security requirements, it's a battle that keeps escalating.

BNY Mellon/Risk Insurance survey finds more than half of global insurers have insufficient investment collateral; funding costs and operational complexity are on the rise.

Workers’ compensation insurers are most active in surveying policyholders about employee concentrations, according to a new survey from RIMS.

New Web-based application matches underwriters and brokers based on risk appetite in an attempt to enable more efficient and profitable transactions.

Using data and analysis from a unit of Verisk, the companies look to help insurers and businesses better predict and manage electrical outages.

The New York State Department of Financial Services’ recent statements calling out other state regulators and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners could adversely affect life insurer ratings, according to Fitch.

Version 6.1 is designed to provide benefits for users in Asia and in pension segment.

Businesses need to carefully understand the role of identification in transaction risk management, according to a new report from Constellation Research.

In a new report, Willis predicts rate activity for several lines and COO Eric Joost discusses how big data and a new influx of capital could affect the industry.

In response to a changing market, European insurers continue to adjust product offerings, adapt reinsurance purchasing and alter their distribution channel strategies, according to recent reports.

CoreLogic report finds the number of acres and buildings damaged by wildfires is increasing, even as the total number of fires declines.

Transparency could have many effects, including competitive intelligence and, as a result, aggressive pricing.

With less than three months until 2014 and Congress’ hands full elsewhere, insurers, particularly workers’ comp and commercial casualty insurers, should be devising plans to handle added terrorism risk exposure.

New version of Financial Crime Risk Management platform is designed to support automated generation of suspicious activity reports.

An influx of alternative capital is driving down property rates, according to Willis Group Holdings; many commercial casualty lines of business likely to experience rate increases.

Program for complex health care claims designed to unite underwriting capabilities with preferred medical professionals and health care advisors.