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Swiss Re figures already pin down 2011 as the second-costliest year for insured catastrophe damages; Aon Group estimates United States alone has suffered $7 billion more in losses since June.

Chief risk officers from some of the largest life and P&C insurers, including AIG, Allstate, Chubb and MassMutual, lay the foundation for the newly formed North American CRO Council.

Industry remains well capitalized, but mounting disaster losses hammer combined ratio.

Two legislative issues of utmost importance for the insurance industry now head to the Senate floor.

Baltimore drivers are 88.7 percent more likely than the national average to suffer an accident.

Rating firm says insurers should not “model shop” to downplay exposures.

Based on data from 88 insurance company state filings, report reveals that the industry is still largely unprepared to deal with the wide-ranging economic risks posed by climate change.

New report from Swiss Re says insurers need to employ new, forward-looking types of modeling to better understand implications of increasing life expectancy.

Allstate report notes Fort Collins, Colo. as having the safest drivers in the country for second year in a row.

J.D. Powers latest report reveals policyholders with flood insurance less satisfied than those who opt not to carry it; Amica takes top spot in overall customer satisfaction.

How long after implementing an electronic document management system can an insurer get rid of original paper documents? The answer: It depends.

15 minutes with Stuart Rose

Fitch Ratings and A.M. Best don’t expect significant ratings changes as a result of the losses.

While coastal wind damage is less than expected, inland flooding wreaks havoc in Northeast.

Interation is intended to enable movement of documents, data from vendor's Passport to Insurance Exchange in a single step.

Hurricane Irene advances toward New York and an estimated $2.4 trillion worth of insured properties in the state’s coastal areas.

Insurers Ready for Irene

The Cadillac Escalade tops Highway Loss Data Institute's list again; pickup trucks dominate the rest of the top 10, but not as much as in the past.

As it leaves the Bahamas behind, the storm is forecast to make direct landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina late Saturday.

Industry fortunate as insured losses from quake estimated at less than $100 million; but catastrophe-related losses in the first half of 2011 already stand at $27 billion.