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Another measure to temporarily extend the federal backstop is introduced in the House.

A new report foresees an increased demand for reinsurance as life insurers look to spread out risks.

Overreactions to climate change may endanger the beef supply.

In a letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, vendor Enclarity said that without appropriate data management, the accuracy, efficacy and overall usefulness of EHRs can be called into question.

A majority of corporate executives report the need to overhaul their risk management approach, an Accenture study finds, and their starting point should be in integration of risk management and performance management processes.

Upp Technology will provide BCBS members "competitive pricing," rapid response times and access to more than 25,000 IT pros.

Are we really heading toward a day when we’ll all be zipping around in airborne automobiles? Probably not.

The Obama administration's push to eliminate the thrift charter may force large insurers that own thrifts to convert or divest.

The new standards will force insurers to finally use one consistent, global standard to measure and report on their financial performance.

Association says Homeowners Defense Act may spur risk in storm-prone areas.

Legislation seeks to reduce overlapping regulations in the nonadmitted market.

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said last week that financial institutions should be forced to buy capital insurance, or issue debt that could be converted into equity in a crisis.

The storm clouds that tend to visit America’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts each autumn may have a silver lining for reinsurers based in Bermuda. A new report from New York-based Deloitte, which features analysis from Standards and Poor's reinsurance director Laline Carvalho, says a variety of factors have quelled reinsurers' appetite for risk, which will result in higher prices for reinsurance.

The developer of what may well be the world’s first mass-produced “flying car” is discussing a range of options with underwriters from several companies in an attempt to come up with an affordable insurance policy for this hybrid vehicle/aircraft.

Richmond, Va.-based Genworth Financial says its U.S. mortgage insurance business was seeing positive results from the Obama Administration's Home Affordability Refinance Program (HARP).

The Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA) presented findings from a survey aimed to find out how billing services and health insurers work together to manage claims processing.

Aon Benfield’s July Reinsurance Market Update report shows catastrophe-exposed programs outside of the United States remained firm.

The new head of the AIA, Leigh Ann Pusey, weighs in on a bevy of legislative issues pertinent to the insurance industry.

If insurers succeed in excising all elements of risk from within their own walls, they may in turn run the risk of stifling learning and creativity.

As the technical and legal merits of the technology improve, carriers are increasingly implementing to achieve true straight-through processing and a competitive advantage.