Security risk

The Institute for Business & Home Safety plans to construct the Insurance Center for Building Safety Research with funds from its insurer and reinsurer members.

The availability of ISO data is designed to further aid insurers in reducing time associated with maintaining rates, speed time-to-market, and improve rating accuracy, quality and compliance.

Lloyd’s reports that the repercussions of emerging risks, such as nanotechnologies and actions taken to modify the environment, will affect ultimate insurability.

The Zurich-based reinsurer will provide 5 million Swiss francs to support risk management research and education.

The complexity of compliance requirements outweighs incentives to sell, a recent study reports.

Tom Sharkey Jr. will reprise his role as president of his family's recently relaunched firm.

A bill preventing stranger-induced life insurance policies passed the Iowa state legislature.

Latest release designed to improve ease of use and faster time to market.

Four professional bodies support the “Edinburgh Declaration,” which states their commitment to develop and build an industry consensus around raising standards and professionalism.

For insurers, privacy tops the list of chief compliance concerns, while Sarbanes-Oxley drops off the radar.

A new report from A.M. Best predicts Solvency II will substantially increase regulatory capital requirements for most European insurers.

Raj Manghani will lead Risk Management Solutions’ efforts to help insurers use catastrophe modeling to make better underwriting decisions.

Law aims to protect senior citizens purchasing securities.

New financial reform plan is reigniting a long-simmering regulatory debate.

Banking-commerce divide would end, Fed would add oversight

CIOs urged to evaluate initiatives for both tactical and strategic import.

Respected technical institute tackles ethical issues in light of recent business scandals.

Research shows that automated processes for risk analysis and management, and the ability to align IT policy, risk and operations management with business initiatives are important when deciding whether to invest in a GRC solution.

Beyond keeping tabs on e-mail and paper trails, document management solutions ease the troubled minds of carriers, agents and brokers.

More sophisticated modeling and advances in location intelligence are helping insurers better assess risk on a changing planet.