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Private insurers working in partnership with FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program have come under scrutiny over allegations they denied or rejected damage claims based on falsified reports.

In the wake of the Anthem hack, here's how insurers can double down on securing their enterprise data.

Obama signed an executive order intended to encourage companies to share information on Internet threats with one another and create a framework to help the private sector turn over data to federal agencies investigating data breaches.

The affected consumers are those who have not been able to prove their U.S. citizenship, the government says.

Survey by Employers Holdings shows that companies need to create healthier environments.

John Huff was elected Sunday to fill the spot vacated by now former Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael F. Consedine

All 56 states and territories under NAIC's purview are expected to join in the effort to figure out what happened at Anthem and how to prevent similar events in the future.

He is described as prioritizing "technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of license applications, renewals, complaints, enforcement actions and board and commission nominations."

Hackers are increasingly targeting organizations that house medical data -- and the consequence of a breach are steep. Here’s what CIOs need to know about the biggest insurance data breach and what they should be doing to protect sensitive files.

Individuals affected by the Anthem health information breach should be wary of emails or calls they receive.

Early in its investigation of a major cyber attack, health insurer Anthem shared much of what it knew with other health industry stakeholders, all of whom participate in the HITRUST Cyber Threat Intelligence and Incident Coordination Center.

When the country’s second-largest health insurance company is hacked leaving the personal information of 80 million people vulnerable to identity theft, it’s a watershed moment that cannot be ignored. There is no doubt that this data breach is a wake-up call for a healthcare industry that is lacking when it comes to information security.

The most common vector of cyberattack is still poor habits by associates, says Joseph Smith, former CIO of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Security, for all intents and purposes, should be a “crowdsourced” effort – everyone needs to contribute.

A Manhattan federal judge on Monday denied Coventry’s request that he throw out the bulk of Lavastone’s claims, including those alleging racketeering, fraud and breach of implied good faith, in an abbreviated decision.

The information compromised includes names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, street and e-mail addresses and employee data, including income, Anthem said.

The specialty insurer has established a group for catastrophe engineering and analytics, under the leadership of a former AIR Worldwide executive.

The insurer attempted to start a social conversation about childhood accidents with a jarring spot in which the child protagonist dies. But if sentiment is any indicator, people didn’t want to listen.

With the National Association of Insurance Commissioners looking closely at industry- data security practices through a task force, it’s likely that new standards soon will emerge.

Financial losses due to insurance fraud cost U.S. insurers at least $80 billion a year, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, an association of industry, government and consumer organizations. The human cost, in terms of suffering and loss of life, is sky high as well. In an effort to dramatize the scope and depth of the problem, the coalition has singled out what it dubs the worst instances of insurance fraud in 2014. While these seven cases may not be the biggest in terms of total dollars involved, they are remarkable for the brazenness of the crimes and the viciousness of the perpetrators.