Security risk

The two most exposed cities are earthquake-prone urban centers along the West Coast, according to a new report from Swiss Re. The study takes into account population and exposure to five natural catastrophes, including storm surges, earthquakes and more.

Company’s research finds 85 percent of insurers would decline terrorism coverage without government backing.

In comments submitted to the Presidents Working Group, the American Insurance Association says terrorism is an uninsurable risk and requires partnership with the government.

The flooding has caused 15 Colorado counties to declare a state of emergency, including Boulder, which President Obama has opened up to federal assistance.

The multi-line insurer looks to the iWorks Prophet Managed Hosted Service platform to improve efficiency and compliance of actuarial modeling operations.

The group of insurers may have to increase assets held to back payouts by $4 billion.

New claim functionality designed to provide a fraud score and help insurers reduce fraud costs.

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the bipartisan insurance agent licensing reform bill, also known as the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 (NARAB II), by a 397-6 vote.

Modeling firm looks to a more comprehensive use of exposure data and analytics in an attempt to improve workflows.

The eighth tropical storm of the season could become its first hurricane by Wednesday; if it doesn’t, it will be the first time the industry hasn’t seen a hurricane hit land by mid-September.

The Montpelier Risk Institute is partnering with researchers from Canada and Europe in an attempt to keep up with evolving risks, such as climate change.

Software providers unify user interfaces and increase focus on business intelligence.

Some of the same data analysis technologies being used by Western governments are cheap enough to be employed by financial services companies as well.

TransRe, a global reinsurer has selected MetricStream’s federated information architecture, which is designed to support the full range of risk and compliance processes, enable multiple reporting facilities and link to existing enterprise.

Software designed to help address cost barriers created by the high costs of in-car telematics devices.

SmartUBI software designed to offer a smartphone app backed by cloud-based analytics technology.

Suite designed to allow life/annuity insurers to address redundancies in data and functionality.

A new request for peer reviews from the global regulatory body groups insurers and banks together.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in a final rule setting standards for health plans operating in state health insurance exchanges, has dropped a proposed requirement that privacy and security incidents be reported within one hour of discovery, while at the same time noting it is still required by other regulations.

Dimensions is designed to provide accuracy in assessing consumer credit activity and supplement lending decisions.