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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.

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

Law enables carriers to use “flex band” rating.

Contributions promise significant, long-term enhancements to information and insurance capability models.

Only 38% of a recent survey said they are “very confident” or “quite confident” that e-mails related to documenting commitments and obligations made by staff are recorded, complete and retrievable.

The data wave is no longer coming—it has arrived, bigger and more powerful than expected.

A Towers Perrin survey reveals rating agencies having an effect on ERM development.

A new study from IVANS says spending on real-time capabilities to continue irrespective of economic slowdown.

Web site assistance aims to help advisors better counsel on the importance of disability coverage.

Winners represent reader recognition of insurance business and technology solution visionaries.

In an ever-changing vendor landscape, Oracle says it will add policy administration to its insurance technology suite.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Hewlett-Packard is reportedly nearing a deal to buy Electronic Data Systems for between $12 billion and $13 billion.

Senate blocks move to expand National Flood Insurance Program.