Data and information management

CRC Insurance Services Inc. completed the purchase of Southern Risk Operations LLC.

Robert Dunn continues to serve on Integro's Canadian board, while Mark Rankin was elected as a director.

The London office blog features insights and updates on issues ranging from maintenance request submissions to standards releases and events.

Business professionals recognize the importance of IT security investments and predict and increase in their budgets for 2009.

Broker’s risk management platform heralded as success at “The Review’s” awards ceremony in London.

By acquiring data sets containing VINs that meet specific "indicators" of insurance fraud and/or vehicle theft, the National Insurance Crime Bureau improves its recovery rate.

With overall predicted losses topping $10 billion, insurers’ mobile teams and technologies may need to remain in hard-hit areas as three more tropical storms line up behind Gustav.

The NICB Board elected Joseph Wehrle, Jr. to succeed Robert Bryant as president and CEO, effective at the close of business, September 2, 2008.

Electronic claims folder holds police records and additional claims-related information.

Virtual sprawl can consume an entire software license budget and require the purchase of more physical servers than you need.

System integration during M&A can be tricky, especially when it involves two dissimilar companies coming together as one.

To maintain vigilance, information security officers need to combine technological savvy with knowledge of the business.

The carrier’s data warehouse infrastructure management initiative added 10 terabytes of needed storage.

Survey of reinsurers confirms that property catastrophe data integrity impacts reinsurance pricing, and predicts that implementing world-class data quality controls and management practices has the potential to create a win-win for all parties.

When asked, "What is the top issue facing the insurance industry?," 44% of survey respondents chose competitive price/adequate profitability.

Swiss Re contends a country risk officer, comparable to the role of a chief risk officer, is a useful model to develop an integrated perspective across the social, economic and environmental risks of a country.

Designed specifically for insurers, the tool provides assessment of likely tropical cyclone impact.

Sacramento, Calif. – Julie Davis believes that women working in insurance have the unique skill sets and innovative ideas that are keys to reforming the industry, and that risk-taking in bringing forth these innovations should be rewarded. The problem, Davis said, is that risk-taking is something women tend to avoid in the insurance industry.

Bothell, Wash. - AMS Services, a provider of insurance agency automation and a member of the Vertafore Inc. family of companies, released AMS Prime Online, a hosted version of AMS Prime. This agency management system is ideal for smaller sized agencies and is easy-to-use and flexible. The online version is designed to provide agencies with immediate benefits, including providing faster customer service, less exposure to errors and omissions (E&O) and improved business continuity with fewer IT issues.

Fairfax , Va. - In order to assist brokerage general agencies place more business and control costs, the National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA), Fairfax , Va. , launched a new Attending Physician’s Statement (APS) Summary Course.