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FBI data mining targets include insurance fraud suspects

Jul 23 2007 // The FBI is gathering and sorting information about Americans to help search for potential terrorists, insurance cheats and crooked pharmacists, according to a government report.Records about identity thefts, real estate...

FBI Data Mining Targets Include Insurance Fraud Suspects

Jul 12 2007 // The FBI is gathering and sorting information about Americans to help search for potential terrorists, insurance cheats and crooked pharmacists, according to a government report.Records about identity thefts, real estate...

Michigan insurance industry data

Jun 18 2007 // • The insurance industry in Michigan employs more than 111,000 people through insurance carriers, agencies, and brokerages and related services.• For every three people employed by the insurance industry, one...

SNL Financial to Publish Statutory Insurance Company Financial Data

Apr 18 2007 // Publisher SNL Financial has reached an agreement with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to acquire and publish statutory insurance data through SNL’s database products.Statutory insurance...

Ohio Nationwide Insurance Members’ Data Taken in Theft from Vendor

Jan 25 2007 // Computer records containing medical claim information, health data and Social Security numbers of 28,279 Nationwide insurance customers were stolen from the office of a vendor in Massachusetts, the company said.A lockbox...

Laptop stolen from broker has Villanova University insured student driver data

Nov 19 2006 // A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said.No Social...

Data Vendor Selected for Texas Auto Insurance Verification Program

Nov 9 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), serving as lead agency in a joint project with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), and the Texas Department of Information...

Laptop Stolen from Broker Has Villanova Insured Driver Data

Nov 8 2006 // A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said Thursday.No...

Iowans Among Most Insured in the Nation, Census Data Shows

Aug 31 2006 // Iowa is among the nation’s leaders in having its citizens insured, U.S. Census data released Monday shows.According to U.S. Census figures, the percentage of Iowans without health insurance was 9.1 percent during...

Insurer’s injured workers’ data stolen; sold on Internet

Aug 21 2006 // Personal information on 72 workers’ compensation claimants was stolen from Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance and later sold over the Internet, the company said. The data sold included names and Social Security numbers...

Wis. Insurer Says Customer Data Stolen, Some of it Sold on Internet

Jul 31 2006 // Personal information on 72 worker’s compensation claimants was stolen from Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance and later sold over the Internet, the company said.The data sold included names and Social Security numbers...

AIG Subsidiary Launches Multi-Line Education Insurance Program

Jun 2 2006 // AI Risk, a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), has launched AI Risk Education Program, a multi-line property and casualty program for private primary schools, colleges and universities.The AI Risk...

PCI urging Colo. lawmakers to reject insurance data reporting bill

Mar 6 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified before the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee that legislation HB 1330, which would impose extensive new data reporting requirement on...

PCI Urging Colo. Lawmakers to Reject Insurance Data Reporting Bill

Feb 17 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified before the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on Friday that legislation (HB 1330), which would impose extensive new data reporting...

Al RiskSM Unveils Special Events Liability Insurance with AD&D Coverage

Feb 14 2006 // The AI RiskSM Specialist Insurance Inc., a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has introduced a Special Events Liability Insurance Program that provides both general liability and accidental death...

AIR Worldwide: Significant Quality Issues with Insurers’ Exposure Data

Nov 14 2005 // A recent analysis of insurers’ exposure data by AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) determined that the quality and completeness of most insurers’ commercial policy data is insufficient for a detailed and accurate...

Best Upgrades Public Data Rating for Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe

Nov 2 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the public data rating to A- (Excellent) from B+ (Very Good) of Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited (LMIEL) (United Kingdom).Public data (pd) ratings reflect a quantitative analysis of a...

AI Risk Introduces Admitted Architects & Engineers Policy

Oct 26 2005 // The AI Risk division of Risk Specialists Companies Inc., a member company of American International Group Inc., has introduced an Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Insurance on an admitted basis. Brokers...

Insurers Dispute Study of Ill. Courthouse Med-Mal Data

May 22 2005 // Court statistics were improperly used in a study released last week that concluded the Illinois tort system is not the cause of medical malpractice premium increases, according to the American Insurance...

Al Risk Updates ProgramConnect

Dec 16 2004 // The AI Risk division of Risk Specialists Companies Inc., a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the expansion of AI Risk ProgramConnect (ProgramConnect), an online specialty lines quote and...