Loss Control

While smartphones and other mobile devices are increasingly used like personal computers and require the same security now standard in PCssuch as antivirus software and encryptionmost mobile devices have the same lack of security as a 1998 PC.

Tropical Storm Rina has formed in the western Caribbean, becoming the 17th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.

A burgeoning global population, unprecedented droughts and extreme floods have hit a number of industries including agriculture, electric power, beverage and apparel, but investors have few avenues to determine how well companies are managing water risks, according to Ceres.

While the wrath of Hurricane Irene still lingerswith more claims raising costs to the industrymy woes with a flooded basement and mountains of wet stuff are almost a memory, thanks to my insurance company.

Although information security and cyber-risk management is recognized as an enterprise-wide responsibility by many organizations, the information technology department still is seen as the front-line defense against information losses and other cyber-liability risks, according to an industry survey.

Although information security and cyber-risk management is recognized as an enterprise-wide responsibility by many organizations, the information technology department still is seen as the front-line defense against information losses and other cyber-liability risks, according to an industry survey.

Scientists believe there is evidence that great earthquakes occur in clusters over a period of years and that a significant event is on the horizon, according to a report from catastrophe modeler Eqecat.

California workers compensation insurers, which have been hurt by increasing underwriting losses over the past three years, should benefit from two bills signed into law recently, and from several bills opposed by the industry that were not signed, according to Moodys.