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Vendor hopes Xiance Desktop will enable insurers to better predict a property's vulnerability to natural disasters.

Vendor claims its new platform can sharply reduce the data security risks of insurers.

Matthew Irvine and Stephen Outerbridge move up within carrier's professional lines unit in Bermuda.

According to a new study from Strategy Meets Action, social media has become a nearly universal practice among insurers (nine percent reported not having a social media strategy or initiative planned), however, very few are beyond the basics of posting and monitoring.

The investment income woes of property/casualty insurers did not begin with the 2008 financial crisis, new analysis from Fitch Ratings reveals.

Small-business owners trust independent insurance agents and commercial insurance carriers more than other financial services businesses, according to carrier-sponsored survey.

Insurance executives downplay their service delivery and mobile capabilities so far, which is promising.

FM Global, a worldwide commercial and industrial property insurance provider, acknowledged Digital Realty Trust Inc., a global wholesale datacenter provider, for facilities management excellence. This marks the third consecutive year that FM Global has named Digital Realty as a recipient of the organization's annual award for continuous improvements in facilities management, including both management programs and physical protection initiatives designed to ensure facility uptime and reduce risks.

MIT Sloan and IBM survey points to organizational differences as main factor in competitive advantage with data.

As future leaders are identified, groomed and mentored, it is important to know the traits that must be innate and those that can be developed.