Data and information management

"All told, these reforms represent the strongest consumer financial protections in history," the President said.

ISO and Atmospheric and Environmental Research team to deliver instant online weather forensic data through ISO ClaimSearch.

The move is intended to foster further adoption of industrywide standards for data exchange between insurance carriers and distributors.

DocuLex fashioned its Archive Studio to integrate with Canon’s imageFORMULA ScanFront 220/220P network scanners in order to create a secure document management network.

The tech companies collaborated on an ERM framework designed to help carriers comply with the 2012 Solvency II regulations.

How the Fed's new authority will be exercised is unknown, but it embodies a major shift in the thinking about, and approach to, functional oversight since previous legislation on the topic.

Recent study notes low customer satisfaction among corporate risk managers as carriers and brokers retrench to improve their own bottom lines.

Fitch affirms Aetna and Lloyd’s of London ratings; A.M. Best upgrades NAICO; S&P lowers ratings on Cincinnati Financial Corp.'s operating insurance companies.

Organizations are most fearful that the return on investment isn't worth the cost of ownership.

Effective deployment of information technology will be a difference-maker for insurers.

Ascinsure Specialty Risk to offer insurance solutions for crane owners and operators, scaffolding, rental equipment and party goods dealers and all types of inland marine markets.

Life insurers have rebounded from last year’s struggles, recognizing a 20% increase in the industry’s absolute capital from Q1 2009 to Q1 2010.

West Bend hopes to adapt the program as a rating engine for all of its lines of insurance.

As landmark legislation makes it way to the President’s desk, insurers look ahead to rule-making phase with trepidation.

Black Hat was set to expose Chinese cyber-attack capabilities until big-money agencies stepped in to silence them.

Industry cheers flood extension as wind damage amendment complicates matters.

The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 60 to 39; it now moves on to the president, who is expected to sign it next week.

Lawmakers voted for cloture with the help of three key Republicans, meaning the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act must now clear a simple majority to pass the Senate.

CNA to cede about $1.6 B of net asbestos and environmental pollution liabilities to National Indemnity Co.; A.M. Best's ratings for CNA unchanged.

The reform bill, which could pass today, should make the Fed a more assertive regulator focused on anticipating the next systemic threat.