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Carriers are quoting average rate hikes of 5 percent to 10 percent for D&O and E&O insurance after more than two years of price cuts, according to analysis by SKCG Group.

Protocols, including smartphone implementation into auto production, set the stage for telematics use within the next five years, according to a new report.

Fewer fraudulent claims and lower premiums a few effects of the passed personal injury protection reform.

Product addresses a variety of best practices and risks associated with employee use of personal devices for work, including legal issues that arise from access of employee data by an employer.

The problem stems from companies that value speed to market over security when they create mobile versions of their e-commerce sites.

The rising prices for base metals could wreak havoc not just on insurers, but on the nation’s critical infrastructure, reports the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Insurers such as Travelers and AIG say they may have to rethink how they handle the underwriting of reoccurring natural disasters.

Regulatory claims tops the list of liability issues, as more than two-thirds of companies in new study report inquiring on amount and scope of D&O coverage.

New report sees technology disruption as the best means of offsetting economic and environmental uncertainties.

As the insured losses from storms continue to rise, insurers may need to spread their risk, have reissuance in place and readjust reinsurance for 2012.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will issue rules that would impose new limits on force-placed insurance products.

Stakeholders from the insurance industry met with members of the U.S. Senate to acknowledge the role global warming plays in extreme weather-related losses and call for action.

With insurers facing pressures from business objective imperatives, IT still need to find a safe way to manage their mobile devices, notes new research results.

Insurers using new enterprise social marketing platform to standardize the compliance efforts of its employees, representatives using social networking sites.

Think tank Heartland Institute issues another hyperbolic statement, this time on leaked—and possibly fake—documents containing climate change information.

IntelliDrive enables fleet managers to improve driver safety and efficiency while reducing costs by leveraging technology.

The distracted driving battle goes on, as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposes voluntary steps that would establish new safety criteria for hands-free calling, navigation and entertainment systems in new cars and trucks.

Software enabling insurers to calculate and integrate risk ratings for wildfires unveiled.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has pressed bailed-out insurer American International Group to provide more disclosures on guaranteed interest rates in its life insurance business.

Additional data source to help insurers improve catastrophe modeling results.