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While advances have been made, insurers need to remain vigilant when assessing the cloud security offered by providers.

Free informative app, called WreckCheck, designed to help consumers protect property, identities with accident reports.

Janco asserts that business managers and CIOs need to anticipate beyond planned interruptions and take into account human, geographical and localized events and disasters as well.

During the first half of 2012, 58,523 questionable claims were referred, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Nationwide CEO Steve Rasmussen announced this afternoon that Mark Berven has been named EVP and chief strategy and product management officer. In this new role, Berven will oversee strategy for Nationwide and the product organization for P&C business lines.

Deloitte's new report outlines two types of fraud: the deliberate faking of an accident and fabrication of a claim, called hard fraud, and exaggerated values on legitimate claims or misrepresented information in an attempt to garner lower policy premiums, labeled soft fraud.

Michael Palmer will lead the analytics team in Bermuda and help develop the company’s understanding of all aspects of catastrophe risk.

Aviva is looking for 5,000 UK drivers with Android smartphones to test its RateMyDrive app.

Bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) assets reached $145.6 billion in the first quarter of 2012, an 8.7 percent year-over-year increase from the reported BOLI assets of $133.9 billion for the same period in 2011, according to the Michael White/Meyer-Chatfield Bank-Owned Life Insurance Holdings Report.

AgencyPoint agent recruiting and training center opened to push expansion into a new market.