Data security

OK, so some prominent global warming acolytes have been rigging the numbers; let’s just pretend that didn’t happen.

Agency says detection and warning capabilities have grown since 2004.

Liberty Mutual Updated its RISKTRAC to provide buyers and intermediaries with a single system for more effectively managing property/casualty insurance, disability and leave programs.

S&P withdraws its “A-“ counterparty credit rating on CNA Insurance Co. Ltd., and A.M. Best affirms the FSR of “A” and ICR of “a+” of Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

A panel of insurance technology experts share tips and tricks for putting innovation into play.

Sandeep Malik will be based in Hong Kong, and report to Bernard S.Y. Fung, chairman and CEO of Aon Asia Pacific.

House leaders had to make significant concessions for the reform bill to be passed, and it likely will have to be watered down even further to get out of the Senate.

The “Thinking Outside the Black Box” service is designed to help insurers examine how best to use cat models.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was a key player in AIG's trades, even in the ones involving other banks.

Given social media's rise in popularity among older demographic groups, it's now become a serious data security risk for insurers as attackers target their less tech-savvy customers.

Industry endorses federal insurance office created by sweeping bill, but insurers are unhappy with their inclusion in a new dissolution fund.

The bill could significantly impact the way insurers do business, given it paves the way for the creation of a consumer financial protection agency, and establishes a framework to minimize systemic risk.

The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors predicts Europe’s insurers will feel pressure from low rates and H1N1 flu.

The House approved dozens of changes late Thursday to the financial regulatory reform bill, including measures to enhance the Federal Reserve Board's power to break up large, complex firms.

With the proliferation of security devices and software, you would think that virus infections are decreasing, but exactly the opposite is true. The question is—why?

Industry technology executives admit that adopting the changes required to innovate is no longer an option: CIO Insurance Summit report.

A.M. Best affirms Progressive and CUNA Mutual’s ratings, and S&P assigns a negative outlook to White Mountains Insurance Group.

The effects of regulatory reform, increased government intervention and potential tax law changes will keep stability at bay, at least for a few more years, says a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.

No one wants to spend more money these days, but cuts can bleed in ways we never would have imagined.

The combined entity will serve contractors on a local basis in every region of the United States.