Risk management solutions provider Digital Matrix Systems (DMS) has introduced DMS Insurance Attributes to provide customised data for insurers to enhance decision-making. The product will help insurers to optimise insurance rate ...
Insurance Services Office (ISO), a provider of actuarial and underwriting information, has enhanced its cyber liability insurance (e-commerce) product to introduce new insurance policies for firms with a media liability exposure. The new ...
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Data quality management is something that needs to concern the entire business and not just the IT department. Further reading Research: data quality and the Little Red Hen syndrome Taking Responsibility for your Core Data - why it ...
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Insurance provider WellPoint has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for exposing more than 600,000 personal records online due to weak database security, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said Thursday. WellPoint, based ...
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Strength in the resources sector has pushed Australian shares higher, although the market lost some ground after China's finance minister lowered expectations for the country's economic growth. The S&P/ASX200 index passed 5000 points in ...
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The federal government is happy to point out that more than 50 percent of physicians and 80 percent of hospitals are using electronic health record (EHR) systems, with those users having received some $14.6 billion in meaningful use ...
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The US government has issued final rules on providing women with coverage for contraceptive services without sharing cost. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, "Today's announcement reinforces our commitment to ...
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Japan-based underwriter Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance is engaged in advance negotiations to acquire a 15% stake in Thai Life Insurance, for nearly $700m. People familiar with the matter were quoted by Reuters as saying that the proposed ...
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Demand for disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals in the U.S. is forecast to rise 6.1 percent annually to $1.6 billion in 2017. A rebound in building construction activity, in conjunction with an improving U.S. economy, will drive strong ...
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From time to time I hear from readers who are convinced the Affordable Care Act will ruin us all financially. Not happening so far. Instead, it has already saved consumers billions. Exhibit A: In 2012, the law directly saved consumers ...
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Hints that the Federal Reserve could pull back on its easing efforts later this year sent stocks broadly lower, with high-dividend-yielding stock sectors leading declines. After falling modestly in the initial minutes following the ...
Cloud-based claims technology provider Symbility Solutions has integrated its Mobile Claims with Marshall & Swift/Boeckh’s (MSB) Residential Component Technology (RCT) Express underwriting technology. Representing an expansion of ...
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18 life insurance firms in China may be kept from opening new provincial branches because of their continuous loss-making, said people in the know. The 18 life insurers include six Chinese players and 12 foreign players like Allianz China ...
Oliver Wyman, the global management consultancy, has launched a new actuarial practice office in Nashville, Tennessee, US, marking the 15th actuarial office in North America, aimed to better serve growing client base needs in the ...
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The financial supervisory commission (FSC) of Taiwan was reported to enable banks, insurance firms and Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors (QDIIs) in the Chinese mainland to make investments in the local securities and futures ...