Data security

Focusing on cat modeling, Praedicat will be based on long-term research and development projects started at the parent companies.

Carriers are quoting average rate hikes of 5 percent to 10 percent for D&O and E&O insurance after more than two years of price cuts, according to analysis by SKCG Group.

Protocols, including smartphone implementation into auto production, set the stage for telematics use within the next five years, according to a new report.

The problem stems from companies that value speed to market over security when they create mobile versions of their e-commerce sites.

The rising prices for base metals could wreak havoc not just on insurers, but on the nation’s critical infrastructure, reports the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Insurers such as Travelers and AIG say they may have to rethink how they handle the underwriting of reoccurring natural disasters.

New report sees technology disruption as the best means of offsetting economic and environmental uncertainties.

As the insured losses from storms continue to rise, insurers may need to spread their risk, have reissuance in place and readjust reinsurance for 2012.

Stakeholders from the insurance industry met with members of the U.S. Senate to acknowledge the role global warming plays in extreme weather-related losses and call for action.

With insurers facing pressures from business objective imperatives, IT still need to find a safe way to manage their mobile devices, notes new research results.

Think tank Heartland Institute issues another hyperbolic statement, this time on leaked—and possibly fake—documents containing climate change information.

IntelliDrive enables fleet managers to improve driver safety and efficiency while reducing costs by leveraging technology.

The distracted driving battle goes on, as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposes voluntary steps that would establish new safety criteria for hands-free calling, navigation and entertainment systems in new cars and trucks.

Software enabling insurers to calculate and integrate risk ratings for wildfires unveiled.

Additional data source to help insurers improve catastrophe modeling results.

Well-executed initiatives in the back office can deliver bottom-line savings, are you up to the task?

New Towers Watson survey, which queried 69 P&C insurers in the U.S. and Canada, found 85 percent of respondents saying they use or are planning to use predictive modeling.

Department of Housing and Urban Development proposal an example of why insurers need to engage evolving regulatory risks, rather than bunker down and weather the current storm.

Insurance Networking News asked Keith Jentoft, president, RSI Video Technologies, how property insurers can foment the use of modern wireless and video technologies to mitigate claims and rejuvenate a partnership with law enforcement.

The hallmark of a resilient organization is in its acknowledgment of the problems in risk prediction, especially of “black swan” events, says Joe Plumeri.