Data security

Michael McRaith weighs in on the status of the Affordable Care Act, and its impact on insurers.

Car manufacturers and consumer electronics giants are working together on a connectivity standard, but seem to be ignoring vehicle and data security.

Due to “underachievement” in certain areas, the head of its P&C arm receives partial payout, while AIG chief Benmosche receives complete bonus.

Insurers release claims estimates in wake of earthquake and tsunami.

Although often an elusive target by SIUs, these cases prove that greed leads to sloppy actions that leave fraudsters open to being caught.

Insurers may openly welcome Obama’s pick for FIO chief, but risks remain in the rule-making process.

Without disclosing the exact scope of the breach, RSA indicated that it is a serious and far-reaching threat.

Appeals Court upholds dismissal of shareholder lawsuit against company directors and executives.

OnStar and other remote services provide many benefits, but also open the door to theft and vandalism.

Troubles are mounting for the health insurer over loss of several server drives containing enrollee and employee information.

Modeling firm gauges total insured loss from Japanese quake to be $12-25 billion.

Reduction of costs and risks drives the convergence of IT and operational technology, Gartner says.

Economic, compliance and geopolitical risks are top of mind at ERM symposium.

Aflac’s situation with comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s Twitter comments about the Japanese disaster has shown that insurers must develop well-defined and well-communicated social media usage policies.

Agencies offer differing views on the impact insurers will bear as a result of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

A management consulting firm that focuses on management information systems offers lessons learned in light of the recent disaster in Japan.

With growing uncertainty over Japan’s crisis, insurers’ stocks shaped by certain exposures.

The enhancements are intended to help underwriters and agents to better assess and price crime risk.

Insurers may want to keep an eye on the data centers, and cloud and other services providers affected by the temblor and tsunami.

As the reality of devastation and loss of life sink in, some seek to point the finger of blame at technology.