Risk

Plan representatives call efforts key to Blue companies' stewardship of healthcare dollars.

According to a panel of experts, insurers are using technology to devise new policies, and fine-tune existing products, to better address a range of emerging climate-related risks.

A new report shows some progress—and gaps—in the insurance industry’s quest for a higher level of risk management.

The company's Insurance Compliance Solutions group reviewed and analyzed content from last year’s market conduct exams from across the United States to comprise the top 10 criticisms lists for property/casualty insurance and life and health insurance.

Arthur Cadorine received the honor for his outstanding contributions to the growth of IASA, his significant volunteer services to the organization and his numerous contributions to the financial services industry.

Bradley Lucido will oversee the ethics, compliance and governance programs, policies and procedures across the MassMutual Financial Group companies.

A new Web-based tool verifies compliance against insurer audit rules and helps enforce guidelines to autobody shops and appraisers.

Napco will use CATStation to combine exposure concentration analysis, hazard analysis and policy-level loss analysis into a single Web-based solution.

The new “Good to Drive?” pilot program focuses on reducing DUI injuries and deaths.

The catastrophe risk management solution provider reaches beyond insurance channels to update other industries and individuals on catastrophic events. Insurers may benefit as a result.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services nudges physicians with “EHR” incentives, while Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft partner to pilot health data transfers.

The legislative effort to create a federal insurance advisory is eliciting both praise and concern.

Connecticut AG is seeking to reform the way public bonds are rated.

The CFO Forum believes a new set of market-consistent embedded values produce additional consistency and improved disclosure.

NAMIC adds voice to those opposing NAIC plan to aggregate market conduct data.

RISK ANALYSIS

New technologies and regulations have altered the way the insurance industry approaches financial management and reporting.

Current board members Yvonne Norton Leung and Gary Binger will step down in December 2008.

Life insurer hopes to capture additional business with ID theft add-on.

The initiative threatens confidentiality, according to the industry group.