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NAIC report reveals that most homeowners lack documentation of their possessions in advance of a property claim.

Enterprises are lacking the enterprise tools and internal governance policies to fully harness social media data.

CIO symposium to look at ways of coping with the convergence of digital landscapes that are still emerging.

Report identifies an expansion of severe weather risk into Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas and Louisiana.

Property/casualty sector excluded, but med-mal caps provision expected to be opposed by White House, Senate Democrats.

The insurer still owes taxpayers an estimated $45 billion for the bailout it received during the financial crisis.

Forrester survey finds that nearly three-fourths of CIOs agreed or strongly agreed that their business executives see the cloud as a way to be “independent of IT.”

Paulson, rating agencies varied in their response to The Hartford’s decision to place individual annuity business into run off and pursue divestiture options for individual life, Woodbury Financial and retirement plans.

Study proves link between effective leadership and communication, gap between expectations of leaders and their ability to deliver.

While Mexico City felt tremors, homeowners—rather than businesses—took on most of the damage.

SAS reports release of in-memory engine designed specifically for business visualization of big data on nonproprietary hardware.

The fastest growth will be seen in Latin America, where IT spending will increase by 22 percent in 2012; IT spending in North America is expected to climb to $58 billion by 2014, according to new study.

Majority of U.S. employers expect benefits technology to surge as improvements in cost management, functionality and efficiency become a priority.

Placing its individual annuity business into runoff, The Hartford is pursuing the sale or "other strategic alternative" of its individual life, Woodbury Financial Services and retirement plans businesses.

Defaults on insured bonds are putting pressure on insurers that never fully recovered from the last decade's financial crisis.

Progressive companies say benefits help retain employees, increase employee productivity, and help attract talent, according to survey results.

Insurance IT budget decision makers believe technology is critical to serve, support customers: Forrester.

Three new products attempt to leverage the vendor’s acquisitions into a large market share of analytics innovation.

Responding to business requests for focus on growth and profitability, insurance CIOs are prioritizing core and back-office systems initiatives, including new business/underwriting, according to Celent report.

According to a new survey, cost containment leads employer concerns in 2012; safety also a worry.