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The National Flood Insurance program, which has limped along on a series of temporary extensions, may be due for a more substantial resolution.

Online tool enables single, uniform reporting to multiple entities.

American Association of Insurance Services data center is designed to allow member companies access to its traditional premium and loss data, plus geographic, demographic, weather, crime and other types of data collected from public and private sources.

Steering a car with one’s eyes seems like a neat idea ... until you look the wrong way.

A report from the Insurance Research Council concludes the current cost shifting means significant costs for the property/casualty insurance industry.

Making its auto insurance application available on Google’s mobile Android smartphones, Progressive sees immediate uptick in Web site traffic.

Industry weighs in as legislators seek long-term fix to the troubled National Flood Insurance Plan.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Pegasystems Inc., a provider of business process management (BPM) software, has acquired Cupertino, Calif.-based Chordiant Software, Inc., a provider of claims management and business acquisition software to the insurance industry.

Blue Shield of California will identify on its Web site physicians in the state who score above average in up to eight quality measures.

While mainframes are still both viable and valuable, perhaps the key to this semantic pretzel is that the needs of the business must come first, and executives shouldn’t rush to adopt new systems simply because they're the latest-and-greatest new tech.

WorkCenter Loss Total 4.0 combines Mitchell’s processing solutions with J.D. Power’s data analysis and pricing capabilities.

NAIC, ISO and NICN announce streamlined reporting process.

A university study implies that young people are just as concerned as baby boomers about online privacy, but the details tell a different story.

New features of the updated insurance-linked security portfolio, Miu, include a stress test to calculate the impact of multiple historical events, and more in-depth information for each bond.

Emdeon's alliance with FICO offers insurers the ability to scan claims for patterns of fraud and abuse prior to adjudication.

Risk managers are benefitting from lower premiums, but looming catastrophe losses could portend a turn in the market, notes survey.

Political strife continues to plague the measure authorizing extensions.

After more than 100 hours of interviews with insurance execs, SMA unearthed 10 common initiatives regarding market recovery and future changes.

Bill that extends flood insurance, COBRA subsidies, may go to vote later this week.

Senators expected to vote soon on measure that could restore funding for lapsed program.