A.M. Best, Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor's announced ratings updates. The following are some of the most recent:

Insurer Health Net is fined $375,000 following a large breach of personal health information in late 2009.

As a response to the economic challenges of the past two years, insurance companies are wrestling with rising claims, both legitimate and fraudulent, more competition for new customers, and new restrictions on investment activities that have reduced operational budgets, notes Mitratech, a provider of collaborative accountability applications including matter management and e-billing management automation.

Report says weak pricing environment may become the “new normal.”

A new AAA study reveals 10% of motorists admit to having fallen asleep while driving in the past year.

New Novarica report says issues around data quality and core system integration are primary challenges to use of business intelligence by insurers.

Company-sponsored research shows user carbon emissions cut by at least 30%.

The senator feels there is further work to be done on GSE Reform and legislation regarding "Too Big To Fail."

Sid Sankaran will play a part in AIG’s goal of re-establishing itself as a world-class insurance organization, according to CEO Robert Benmosche.

Standard designed to provide insurers with guidance on organizational governance; environment; and community involvement and development.

The President does his best to mollify India while dismissing the idea of lost jobs at home as “an old stereotype.”

Executives from Allianz Life, MassMutual, State Farm are a few of the newly elected to the LL Global board of directors.

In its fourth annual program, INN honors nine insurers for core systems, customer service and enterprise systems innovations.

In renewal, State’s largest workers’ comp insurer aims for penetration gains, lower costs and positive process metrics.

House Republicans trying to repeal provisions of the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform statute may find more success in using oversight powers to curb the law's implementation.

Republicans admit that a pragmatic approach may be necessary to challenge Obama’s health reforms.

Travelers comes in at number 27 out of 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States; 14 other insurers make the top half of the list.

Although depended upon for virtually every aspect of the business, IT still has issues that are shrouded in uncertainty.

1E’s system thought to enable Aviva to prevent the equivalent annual CO2 emissions of 500 modern family cars from entering the atmosphere.

Agreement will extend application outsourcing, systems integration and management consulting between Accenture and RSA for an additional three years.