Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earn highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

However, the index remains in negative territory, as rising fuel costs have concerned many Americans, Bloomberg says.

The effort by commercial lines underwriters to hold the line on premiums gave way under the pressure of a highly overcapitalized market in the first quarter of 2011, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey. The survey tracked property, workers’ compensation, D&O and general liability. Administered by insight services provider Advisen Ltd., the survey results posted material decreases in average renewal premiums in three of four lines of business tracked.

Business intelligence spending slated to increase in 2011; demand is up, resources are down, according to study.

While the number of records breached dropped from 2009, the overall number of breaches rose to its highest-ever level.

Oracle is throwing some cold water on the NFC hype; says tech’s performance too slow to be workable as an instant enabler of contact-less payments.

New report forecasts firming of pricing in property/casualty commercial lines by 2012.

Too many agents are self-oriented, focusing on products instead of on client needs, expert says.

A Deloitte study suggests leveraging analytics and investing in technology as two of the ways to enhance claims management for P&C insurers.

Life insurers may benefit from this trend if they provide products that meet consumers' demands, according to a Northwestern Mutual Life study.

Despite the highly publicized breach, Alliance Data's Q1 net income surged 85% to $86.4 million, from a year earlier.

Gartner study identified cloud computing as the top strategic technology investment for CIOs.

Organized vehicle scams defraud insurers and customers alike, costing billions of dollars annually, says Insurance Information Institute.

Insurance enterprise solution includes software, services, hosting and maintenance.

The platform is designed to assist insurers implementing usage-based insurance programs by collecting and analyzing telematics data.

The technologically-conservative North American life insurance industry is finally recognizing the value of automated underwriting platforms.

Marsh announces three new executive appointments, and a new insurance coverage for executives facing expanded liability under Dodd-Frank.

Aon report says Q1 2011 was the worst quarter ever for the facultative reinsurance market.

A John Hancock study finds that while LTC costs are rising, they're not escalating as quickly as other goods and services.

Widespread deployment of virtualized servers is laying a strong foundation for the adoption of cloud computing, says IDC report.