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Data on Health Data Breaches Published
Between 2010 and 2013, data breaches of protected health information reported by HIPAA-covered entities increased and involved approximately 29 million records, with most data breaches resulting from ...
U.S. Insured Property Values Reach New Heights and Cluster in Coastal Regions
U.S insured property values as of 2014 exceed $90 trillion, but the bulk of that is increasingly concentrated in vulnerable coastal areas. With that in mind, new risk metrics could better help ...
Nonstandard Auto Insurance Market Is Not for Everybody
The nonstandard auto market is not for every carrier or agency. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported deteriorating operating performance, and many have struggled to ...
Security Breaches Reveal Airport Vulnerabilities
Several hundred times over the last decade, intruders have hopped fences, slipped past guardhouses, crashed their cars through gates or otherwise breached perimeter security at the nation's busiest ...
PartnerRe Gains Second Suitor in EXOR With Its $6.4B Cash Bid
European investment company EXOR has emerged as a second suitor for PartnerRe Ltd. with the announcement of its proposed $6.4 billion all-cash acquisition of the Bermuda-based reinsurer. If accepted, ...
Employee Snafus a Big Factor in Cyber Attacks, Verizon and Symantec Find
When a cyber security breach hits the news, those most closely involved often have incentive to play up the sophistication of the attack. If hackers are portrayed as well-funded geniuses, victims ...
1,000-Plus Lawsuits Allege Pfizer Knew Zoloft Posed Birth Defect Risk
Pfizer Inc. researchers concluded last year that pregnant women taking Zoloft risked having babies with heart defects, according to evidence made public by a lawyer at the first trial of more than ...
Travelers Grabs Bulk of P/C Biz From Brazilian Joint Venture
The Travelers Companies Inc. will snatch up the bulk of the property casualty business from its joint venture in Brazil, underscoring insurers' increasing focus on emerging markets. Financial details ...