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Guidelines asking for disclosure of cyber-attacks aren’t backed by regulation or mandate, so why should an insurer willingly shoot itself in the foot?

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office follows Dodd-Frank mandate to gather feedback on how to modernize and improve the country’s insurance regulatory system.

INN reports from the CIO Insurance Summit: As technology advances and consumer expectations shift, insurance CIOs need to architect for a free flow of information.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization and Capital Health Plan top National Committee for Quality Assurance's ranking of the highest-rated plans in the nation.

Following a huge breach of protected health information from TRICARE, the insurer for the military health system, a lawsuit seeking class action status for 4.9 million affected individuals has been filed.

EDGAR Online Sees Record Growth in Q3 XBRL Filings

Study reveals that teen drivers are 50 percent more likely to crash in the first month of unsupervised driving as they are after their first year; 57 percent of these crashes result from three common mistakes.

SEC Wants Cyber Attack Reports

First MetLife wanted to be a bank, then it wanted to retain mortgage banking while dumping the other trappings of a depository institution, but now it doesn't want even the standard origination business anymore.

Income earned from the sale of annuities at bank holding companies rose 25 percent in the first half of 2011.

HealthIntegrated Model Promises Competitive Advantage

IIABA's "2011 Best Practices Study" finds insurers benefiting from growth strategies deployed after the recession hit.

Health information exchanges, combined with the implementation of mobile accessibility, pose a daunting data security threat.

CSC Extends Admin Suite to Microsoft Platform

Chief claim officers assert that they are being provided fewer resources to accomplish more in a tough business climate, according to a new survey.

Commissioners adopt amendment to improve transparency around the purchase of annuities.

P&C Industry Not Out of Slump Yet

Infosys Continues to Post Big Profits

Can Insurance Boost Early Stage Clean Technologies?

Financial Stability Oversight Council issues a set of five thresholds that will help determine which non-bank institutions will come under the purview of the Federal Reserve.

Analysis of the title insurance market reveals better-than-expected numbers.

New survey declares that while the rate of increase shows signs of slowing, employee contribution trends could jump as much as 20 percent in certain regions.

Cloud Still Nascent as Data Center Outsourcing to Reach $8b

New report examines how insurers can employ data from social media sites in claims and underwriting.

To diversify clients’ portfolios, independent and insurance broker/dealers should consider these products as a baseline income investment in retirement plans, according to new report.

Bolstered risk management for one, vastly improved consulting and analytic capabilities for the other; both parties walk away from bargaining table satisfied.

Carrier making purchases in hopes of greater visibility, straight-through processing.

As catastrophe claims mount, P&C insurers net losses on underwriting grew to $24.1 billion in first-half 2011.

MetLife Announces $275M Blow to Balance Sheet

Sales automation technology and LexisNexis Insurance Exchange expand broker sales, marketing management capabilities.

Top 30 Auto Insurers Ranked

New report examines how insurers can employ increasingly robust geospatial systems to competitive advantage.

Distracted Driver Disconnect Unabated

Actually, there are four methods that are still to be considered by insurers when replacing a system...

New report says economic woes, changing regulatory and legal environment will define market.

Novarica’s most recent survey of insurance technology execs reveals increasing budgets and persistent modernization ambitions.

President Obama signs continuing resolution that will keep flood program running until November 18.

The program will continue until November 18.

After parting ways with parent company earlier this year, global P&C software vendor takes on branding overhaul.

New report examines the needs of insurer-affiliated investment advisers.

Recent survey of approximately 1,000 insurance agents and a sample of employers delves into what agents like/dislike about their work, and why they stay or go.

business and information technology

2011 IT Outsourcing Spend Flattens

Study shows IT executives are maintaining the status quo, awaiting evidence that the tenuous economic recovery will progress before engaging in more strategic outsourcing initiatives.

Electronic medical records are being hailed as a way to save money, but they're also making it easier to commit fraud; text analytics and sophisticated data mining software can help stop it.

Report says the sector needs to readjust to better address the needs of consumers in the 31-45 age group.

Only 22 percent of information managers say business side is aware and prepared for threats, according to new survey.

P&C industry net income plummets 67 percent in the first half of 2011.

Workers’ compensation insurer employs Perceptive Software to shore up inefficiencies in claims processing.

Ratings agency wins award for third-consecutive year at the Reactions Global Awards 2011.

IBM's annual X-Force report reveals the latest trends and abandoned tricks among IT security threats.

Amer Ahmed assumes role as head of reinsurance department effective January 1.