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Rep. Ed Royce lists specific "fixes" he wants to make in the law if the GOP seizes a House majority next year.

Facebook is suing some spammers, but will it really do any good?

NAIC adopts model law to conform to health care reform, but insurers warn they may be hard-pressed to adopt new spending rules by January 1 deadline.

Given its value, it must be treated with the same sense of security and accountability as money.

Fitch Ratings reveals that the losses could be almost double what insurers previously expected.

RIMS survey says rate of premium loss decreased during the last quarter.

ARC Logics to help insurers evaluate risks and better understand risk exposure.

For the first time ever, theft of information and data has now overtaken physical fraud in businesses, Kroll report finds.

State-of-the-art lab aims to help P&C insurers model for and mitigate against natural disasters.

Moody’s places Zurich under review for a possible upgrade, affirms Travelers; A.M. Best upgrades Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.

NAMIC’s Jimi Grande weighs in on what financial reform legislation and the coming elections mean for the insurance industry.

Integro will be positioned to add reinsurance brokerage services in United States.

Legal requirements drive tech product development and data management policies.

Company will cut 1,500 – 1,800 jobs as it digests Hewitt acquisition.

S&P revises its outlook on Swiss Re, A.M Best affirms The Hartford Steam Boiler Group. Moody’s downgrades AXA UK Life and agencies react to Everest Re’s executive leadership announcement.

Japanese typhoons, changing economic conditions in China and earthquakes in Seoul could cause Supercat-sized insured losses, says Aon Benfield.

Fraud incidents are on a downward slope, returning to reporting figures from two years ago, according to the Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index, which captures fraud incident activity from more than 1,000 organizations and 12 million employees worldwide.

Case challenges insurer’s ability to consider gender of driver when writing auto coverage.

Insurers looking to get into the mobile payment game may want to heed this unfortunate reality.

Against the backdrop of dire economic predictions, insurers are being told to rethink IT as it applies to corporate growth objectives and strategies.