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AIR Worldwide, a catastrophe modeling firm, estimates that losses resulting from farmer claims for the crop insurance industry may exceed $13 billion with the potential to reach as high as $20 billion.

Awareness of the dangers of distracted driving appears to be increasing, but teens are not adjusting their behavior behind the wheel.

Sterne Agee slightly upgrades EPS estimates for life insurers, anticipates higher reserve requirements for universal life.

Survey finds generational differences in communications preferences, urges multi-channel delivery.

Insurers wait for the inevitable landfall of what could become a Category 2 hurricane. According to CoreLogic, this leaves insurers with $36 billion in potential exposure to residential property damage to brace for. This high estimate is largely the result of remaining uncertainties. While estimates have the storm moving onto land within the next 48 hours, where it will strike is still unknown.

Combined ratios are down more than 10 percent compared to 2011 figures, Fitch finds.

Insurers looks to iPipeline’s Content Partner and iGO eApp for improved distribution of life and annuity products.

While not yet a hurricane and still days away from landfall, Tropical Storm Isaac now poses a threat to the Republican National Convention, scheduled to begin on Tuesday in Tampa.

Insurer turns to software firm for improved investment accounting, reporting and analytics solution.

The federal bank is selling off the last $3.4 billion of its Maiden Lane III LLC portfolio, ending its four-year bailout of the insurer.

Rating agency predicts positive rest of the year despite the slight deterioration of interest coverage and leverage ratios during the first-half of 2012.

Magazine rates companies’ growth since 2008 and ranks them accordingly.

With the business intelligence product, the broker expects to be able to drill down into its data while analyzing the business from many different perspectives.

Deal furthers global relationship between the two companies.

Hartford CEO Liam McGee continues divesting units in the wake of billionaire investor John Paulson pressuring him to narrow the company's focus.

Aetna joins competitors WellPoint Inc. and Cigna Corp. in making acquisitions as the U.S. government expands medical coverage.

The 1994 Honda Accord was the most-stolen vehicle; key code thefts a growing concern, according to NICB.

Allianz, Aviva, AXA Equitable, Great American and Jackson National are a few of the carriers named as top-selling indexed annuity and/or life insurance carriers for the second quarter.

Latest report from Gartner serves as a call-to-arms and guide for insurers putting off analytics, business intelligence and big data investments.

In a Forrester survey of 90 enterprise customer analytics practitioners, including insurers, social analytics is the most popular analytics program companies are looking to pilot in the next couple years.