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Advisen-RIMS' "Broker Services and Remuneration Study" shows buyers driving brokers toward services, and moving from commission to fees.

Commercial insurer adds overseas worker, customized North American environmental liability coverage options.

Wind speed measurements from specific locations represent intelligence to a variety of insurance stakeholders.

The Institute for Business & Home Safety plans to construct the Insurance Center for Building Safety Research with funds from its insurer and reinsurer members.

Lloyd’s reports that the repercussions of emerging risks, such as nanotechnologies and actions taken to modify the environment, will affect ultimate insurability.

The Zurich-based reinsurer will provide 5 million Swiss francs to support risk management research and education.

Tom Sharkey Jr. will reprise his role as president of his family's recently relaunched firm.

For insurers, privacy tops the list of chief compliance concerns, while Sarbanes-Oxley drops off the radar.

Raj Manghani will lead Risk Management Solutions’ efforts to help insurers use catastrophe modeling to make better underwriting decisions.

Research shows that automated processes for risk analysis and management, and the ability to align IT policy, risk and operations management with business initiatives are important when deciding whether to invest in a GRC solution.

More sophisticated modeling and advances in location intelligence are helping insurers better assess risk on a changing planet.

Insurers may have enterprise risk management (ERM) building blocks in place, but lack of data, modeling capabilities and lack of business unit buy-in are impediments to fully incorporating ERM into strategic business decision-making.

Ethos now provides on-site surveillance operations in Kentucky, Florida and Alabama.

Compliance publication names Norkom “Vendor of Year” for its contribution to financial services and accounting compliance and regulation.

A new survey reports that most insurance industry executives feel confident in their ability to manage risks, yet those with excellent S&P ratings are more conservative. Both cite technology as an enabler.

Predictive modeling and emerging claims technologies will affect the nonstandard auto insurance market, according to Conning Research & Consulting.

New studies say climate and demographic changes are two of many interrelated risks that insurers must consider.

Raleigh, N.C. — BB&T Insurance Services Inc., a Raleigh, N.C.-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Branch Banking and Trust Co., plans to expand its Florida operation with the acquisition of Burkey Risk Services of metro Orlando.

Fairfax, Va. — The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit research institute focused on risk management, launched an improved Web site designed to ease access to an extensive collection of risk management publications, programs and tools. Among the enhanced features found on the site is an expanded resource library organized by topic, audience and type of resource for more user-friendly research.

Newark, Calif. — Risk Management Solutions Inc. (RMS), a provider of products