Data and information management

Lack of communication, persistence of silos among the factors hampering risk management at an enterprisewide level.

Everyone wants to appear to be a good global citizen, but the bottom line still dominates decisions.

Aon’s Investment Protection Insurance, the first policy written for space investors, covers satellite-related losses, including failure to launch.

RMS’ portforlio management platform, Miu, includes event mapping and historical cat event analysis features, and the ability to compare historical scenarios with future risks.

Forrester survey finds knowledge workers seeking agile, self-service business intelligence tools to ease backlog.

The oil slick befouling shores in the Gulf of Mexico is also set to sully the insurance industry’s bottom line.

Expert believes cloud, for insurers, is “the next phase in the logical evolution in the delivery of IT services.”

White paper says a federal regulator could work in concert with state insurance regulators.

In joint letter to legislators, trade associations ask that insurers be excluded from resolution funding.

The insurer selected the 4Sight Business Intelligence for Property and Casualty solution, which offers more than 70 standard reports and dashboards.

Sale of common stock and senior notes have brought the mortgage insurer back into compliance with the risk-to-capital ratio and minimum policyholders' position requirements.

Given the importance of distribution management to P&C, life and annuity insurers in 2009, carriers should go one step further with PRM.

Gartner finds organizations drawn to SaaS hype failed to recognize downstream problems.

INN announces a call for nominations for the 2010 Women in Insurance Leadership program.

TransUnion’s Insurance Risk Index falls for the third consecutive quarter.

There are many ways to store data, but mitigating risk must be priority No. 1.

ISCS SurePower Innovation Policy Admin Suite is a Web- and SOA-based program designed to automate underwriting and manage claims.

With data exchange standards and technology maturing, the focus is moving toward implementation, architecture and advocacy.

Insurers use techniques—from virtualization to tiered storage—to draw down data center energy usage.

Document management technology enabled two P&C insurers to clear the decks and focus on the essentials.