Risk

Boston-based research and advisory firm, launches a new service dedicated to the Indian financial services space.

Leahy inserts amendment into health care reform legislation.

Donations from IBM and Prima Solutions drive ACORD framework advances.

Insurance Networking News would like to congratulate the following select number of nominees, whose innovation deserves special recognition. Watch for their stories in upcoming issues of Insurance Networking News and online at www.insurancenetworking.com.

Social network analysis can help insurers understand networks often connected to criminal behavior.

INN is proud to present the 2009 INNovator Awards, recognizing key advances in the use of technology and practices in the insurance industry.

Fitch affirms State Farm and Principal Financial Group, while A.M. Best downgrades Kinsgway Financial.

While Web apps are a critical part of many insurers’ business strategies, there needs to be better, more systematic approaches to addressing potential performance issues.

Internet-related crime is a fact of life, but can we afford to simply write it off and forget about it?

Although still embroiled in controversy, the organization is quickly moving forward on the methodology regulators will follow in evaluating insurers’ risk-based capital requirements.

Lawmakers still struggling to determine the best path to oversee systemically important financial companies.

Experts say the answer might be a hybrid cloud and on-site computing model.

Insurer Health Net says a hard drive disappeared containing the protected health information of 1.5 million covered members.

New York is the 27th state to enact anti-STOLI legislation, which is designed to protect senior citizens from stranger-originated life insurance.

Carrier fined $1.2 million over supervision of broker e-mails.

Association hails amendments to bill creating Federal Insurance Office.

The regulatory and macroeconomic environment is causing carriers to rebuild their capital positions and consider necessary technology strategies.

With 50% of large hospitals having experienced at least one data breach this year, health insurers should keep tabs on how their data is being stored and secured.

Trade associations pen joint letter to Barney Frank asking for an industry exclusion.

Retirement planning fraud will be part of the purview of new, multi-agency unit.