Data and information management

As a trillion-dollar industry managed by political cronies and policed by the IRS, government-run health care is a series of problems waiting to happen.

RMS partners with Asian Capital Reinsurance to expand catastrophe solution services to the Asian market.

Provider now covers regulatory and liability claims arising from the theft, loss or accidental transmission of patient or financial info, and data recovery costs.

When paired, cloud computing and BPM permit insurers to identify, model and automate ailing mission-critical business processes.

Any organization connected to health care is going to need lots of expertise in data management and architecture sooner than later.

Moody’s assigns rating to Hartford’s new senior notes, and Fitch affirms Kaiser Permanente Insurance Co.’s ratings.

The insurer was cited after losing backup data tape containing personal financial information on 46,000 British clients.

Enhancements target portfolio risk management.

State superintendent committed to thwarting crime, claiming it drives up insurance costs for “honest New Yorkers.”

Legislation being considered today by the House Committee on Regulatory Reform in Lansing, Michigan that would allow motorcyclists to ride without a helmet on the state's roadways is being opposed by AAA Michigan.

Millers Mutual's agents can now inquire on specific policy, billing, claims and loss run information in real time.

Representatives of Nationwide, Erie Insurance Group, XL Reinsurance and MassMutual take places in Information Management’s list.

Industry applauds inclusion of amendments, but still wary of resolution funding.

A recent survey finds that ERM technology is still largely unused within the life insurance industry, but will have a broadened role in the next 12 to 24 months.

A.M. Best affirms Farmers Insurance Group, and S&P withdraws ratings on former OneBeacon subsidiaries.

The Chinese government and Google both seek the moral high ground, but China’s record on the Web reveals hypocrisy.

Industry voices objection to ONI structure, paying into resolution fund.

The Risk Index decreased by 14 basis points in Q4 2009, falling from 99.46 in Q3 2009 to 99.32.

The latest Hyland ECM program version includes 850-plus additions, including a Mobile Workflow application for Blackberry devices.

Insurers can create a hybrid cloud that keeps certain tasks within the enterprise on a private cloud, but leverages the public cloud for other tasks.