Risk

Natural disasters cost the global economy a record $370 billion in 2011, with losses for the insurance industry the second largest ever, according to Swiss Re.

Policy offering from Janco includes electronic form for employee agreement to terms of access, use of enterprise data.

Insurance smart box leverages cloud storage and online portals to monitor driver behavior.

In-car video study indicates electronic device usage, adjusting controls, personal grooming and eating/drinking are the most common distracting activities for teen drivers.

Report identifies an expansion of severe weather risk into Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas and Louisiana.

Property/casualty sector excluded, but med-mal caps provision expected to be opposed by White House, Senate Democrats.

Wendy Richey brings VP experience from HealthSpring as well as a federal background, after working with congress throughout the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Paulson, rating agencies varied in their response to The Hartford’s decision to place individual annuity business into run off and pursue divestiture options for individual life, Woodbury Financial and retirement plans.

For dealing with the immense complexities behind regulatory and risk concerns, static data and spreadsheets may not cut it.

According to a new survey, cost containment leads employer concerns in 2012; safety also a worry.

Seven state insurance commissioners among 15-member Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance; meeting agenda not set.

Its Replicated Stratified Sampling financial modeling tools and techniques are designed to work with an insurers' existing models and actuarial software.

Automakers’ recent move to incorporate smartphone hubs into production and the recent outcries against distracted driving could put insurers in precarious position.

Focusing on cat modeling, Praedicat will be based on long-term research and development projects started at the parent companies.

Carriers are quoting average rate hikes of 5 percent to 10 percent for D&O and E&O insurance after more than two years of price cuts, according to analysis by SKCG Group.

Protocols, including smartphone implementation into auto production, set the stage for telematics use within the next five years, according to a new report.

Fewer fraudulent claims and lower premiums a few effects of the passed personal injury protection reform.

Product addresses a variety of best practices and risks associated with employee use of personal devices for work, including legal issues that arise from access of employee data by an employer.

The problem stems from companies that value speed to market over security when they create mobile versions of their e-commerce sites.

The rising prices for base metals could wreak havoc not just on insurers, but on the nation’s critical infrastructure, reports the National Insurance Crime Bureau.