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Washington — Tough economic times give insurers all the more reason to be vigilant when it comes to fraud, and the FBI is helping with a new report based on data on a host of insurance crimes currently taking place.

After false starts in 2006 and 2007’s hurricane season, meteorological experts are again predicting high hurricane activity, driving reinsurers to rethink enterprise risk management and technology-based strategies.

Report says that up to 33 million licensed drivers should not be driving.

Insurer is processing claims and serving meals in storm-damaged Minnesota town.

Survey ranks data integrity high, but few companies are monitoring it.

Melbourne , Fla. — Innovative Routines International Inc. (IRI), The CoSort Company, has joined the Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA), a group of companies working to help enterprises migrate mainframe processing to the Microsoft Platform.

A devalued greenback will keep American insurance companies looking inward when it comes to acquisitions.

Initiative seeks to make medical files easily transferable between insurance companies.

The insurer plans to release its property loss prevention engineering guidelines at no cost through its Web site.

In 2007, banks that sold insurance were more profitable than banks that didn’t.

In a recent message to Congress, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies cited the use of credit scoring enhanced the fairness of insurance underwriting.

Two new studies examine the implications of Treasury Secretary Paulson’s Plan to overhaul regulation of financial services.

Founder of first hurricane catastrophe model recognized as a valuable contributor to award-winning scientific climate change work.

Beginning in 2009, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will have some of the nation's largest companies file their financial results in extensible business reporting language (XBRL).

Rather than react to economic pressures, insurer CIOs are urged to respond with IT strategies that drive the greatest business value.

Alliant will provide ClearPoint with the ability to bring P&C expertise to its clients from a proven industry leader, as well as an extensive national service delivery platform.

Pete McPartland, COO of QBE Regional Insurance, has left the company to pursue other interests.

Skywire’s software application is designed to streamline data capture and help automate new business underwriting.

The collaboration between the two organizations is designed to help insurers achieve process efficiency across multiple systems, processes and business channels.

The state of Iowa enacted a measure to deter stranger-originated life insurance.