Security risk

The provider of property/casualty and reinsurance products funded the transaction with cash on hand

Data to provide detailed information on building history, enable improved risk assessment.

Insurers and others who trust sensitive information to wireless transmissions are putting themselves at grave risk.

Today’s CIO should be less a technologist, and more a business person who creates advantages and differentiators using technology

Google’s Android may have become the world’s leading smartphone platform, but many U.S. insurers are taking a wait-and-see approach to adoption.

Trade associations express concern that they are being denied due process as debate over standards moves forward.

The first step for many claims investigators now is to scour social networking sites for information.

Tracking cell phone and other device locations may aid in fighting crime, but it could also violate privacy and hamper efforts to track vehicles for insurance purposes.

Citing the insurance mandate under question, judge compares the law to “forcing Americans to buy clothes or food.

Brokers leery of additional costs as SEC recommends creation of a common fiduciary standard.

FINRA President and CEO Rick Ketchum offers his opinions on two recent SEC studies, the future of regulation.

Innovation is all around us, in awards programs and in the ways INN presents information.

Insurers' diversity, originality and pluck play a role in best practices.

To lessen auto insurance fraud, insurers have options, from data mining to direct repair networks.

Industry better understands aggregate risk, resulting in increased capacity and competition, notes federal working group.

Convergence of compliance and audit functions, GRC moving to the cloud, among top initiatives, says vendor.

After 18 months of study, presidential commission finds that everybody and nobody is responsible for the financial crisis.

Observers say the report suffered from a lack of consensus among commissioners, a poor narrative of the crisis and very bad timing.

While it may be all fun and games for kids and consumers, the glut of location-aware services pose an increasing claims threat for insurers.

Judge denies insurer’s motion to dismiss case alleging company mishandled claims in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.