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ISO Telematics-Based Auto Rating Tool Now Available
Insurance company services organization ISO said it has filed its first vehicle telematics-based rating rule with insurance regulators in 33 states and received approvals in 19 states. The GeoMetric ...
Twitter, Facebook Disclosures Okay, SEC Says
As long as companies alert investors about which social media outlet they plan to use in advance, they can use outlets like Facebook and Twitter to disclose key information, the Securities and ...European Reinsurance Software Vendor Effisoft Opens North American Office
Effisoft, a leading reinsurance software vendor in Europe, announced that it is setting up its North American headquarters in Dallas and founding Effisoft USA Inc.—describing the moves as part of a ...Rollins To Head New Public Risk Services Group At AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that John Rollins will lead a new consulting group--Public Risk Services—supporting the needs of public sector institutions and stakeholders ...
Possible Infrastructure Disruption, Claims Resulting From Geomagnetic Storms
Solar and geomagnetic activity is expected to peak this year, increasing the possibility of disruption to government and private infrastructure. According to Rade Musulin, COO Aon Benfield Analytics ...
Should Tweeting CEOs Be Muzzled or Glorified?
If the CEO of a public company posts good news about the company's booming business on Facebook, does that same CEO have an obligation to post information about a subsequent business decline? The ...
End of Road for Auto Insurance
The auto insurance industry is dead. The last non-renewal notice has been sent, the last credit score has been calculated, and the last tee time made by a personal lines marketing rep has been moved ...
U.S. Regulators To Weigh In On Health Effects Of Cellphone Radio Waves
U.S. regulators are looking into how radio frequencies emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices affect people amid lingering concerns about the risks of cellphone radiation. The Federal ...