Data security

At CSC’s Future Focus, the buzz was around consumers, agents and mobility—all topics insurers can’t ignore.

Agents Council for Technology offers free customizable starting point for agents’ own security plans and programs.

GeoMetric assesses risk using driving locations.

New Aon report delves into the shifting criteria for enterprise risk management that rating agencies and regulators are using to determine insurers’ fiscal health.

A.M. Best affirms White Mountains Insurance Group and its subsidiaries; S&P corrects its outlook on Genworth’s mortgage insurance arm.

In an effort to bolster earnings, P&C industry will continue to report favorable reserve development in 2010 and 2011, but at a declining rate, says A.M. Best.

The AIR Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe incorporates the effects of the regional building codes and construction practices on building vulnerability.

The capital agreements will be supplemented by a non-risk-based leverage ratio of 3%.

Weak economy, catastrophe losses continue to drag on insurance sector’s financial performance.

A noted Children’s Hospital is appealing a $250,000 fine for not reporting a data breach, but this should be a huge red flag for insurers.

Company will create unified coverage especially for drilling operations.

Complete data is in: 2008 was the first year that payments for medical care were more than half of all workers’ compensation benefits, says the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Version 10.5 features upgraded location analysis and customer data mapping for insurers.

A new Conning Research study shows that the commercial auto insurance market may be a leading indicator of the overall commercial lines insurance market.

When perpetrators of major cyber-crimes get a mere slap on the hand, we all lose.

TransUnion's Insurance Risk Index rose just slightly from Q1, and is up only 0.3% since 2009.

AIR Worldwide’s cat modeling software promises to enhance the underwriting processes of Syndicate 609 for Atrium Underwriting Group.

Data migration issues have long held life insurers back from replacing their legacy systems.

The central provisions of the proposal could make analysis more difficult as the accounting would be less reflective of the underlying business, critics say.

With the economy continuing to suck wind, vendors, too, need to find ways to get more value out of what they produce.