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13 The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced 13 vehicles that earned its Top Safety Pick awards for 2007. Winners include four cars, seven SUVs, and two minivans. Three of the 13 winning vehicles for 2007 are from Honda, including …

Health Providers’ Social Security Numbers Mistakenly Posted in Vermont

At least several hundred, likely more, Social Security numbers of Vermont health care providers were posted to the Internet in a state contractor’s mistake that officials were scrambling to fix Friday. Human Resources Commissioner Linda McIntire said the names and …

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13 The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced 13 vehicles that earned its Top Safety Pick awards for 2007. Winners include four cars, seven SUVs, and two minivans. Three of the 13 winning vehicles for 2007 are from Honda, including …

P/C market takes hold of rapidly developing identity theft solutions

Identity-related fraud is a virulent crime, with 3.5 times the aggregate losses of all property crimes, such as burglary, larceny and vehicle theft, reported last year. In today’s technology/information-driven society, the threat is even greater, and it’s only getting worse. …

Innovations in information technology spur need for up-to-date underwriters

With rapid innovations in the field of information technology, types of underwriting that didn’t exist a few decades ago have become prominent today. For example, companies engaging in information technology business face daily exposures from theft or damage caused by …

Homeowners want insurance carriers to offer identity theft coverage

More than 40 percent of consumers would like their homeowners insurance carrier to offer coverage for identity theft, according to a study released by J.D. Power and Associates. The “2006 Homeowners Insurance Study” reported that identity theft insurance is second …

Indemnity Excess & Surplus Offers ID Protection

Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency based in Beaverton, Oregon is helping its retail agents protect their clients with coverage designed to address most of the exposures associated with identity theft. Corporate Identity Theft Protection, offered by IES and written by …

Identity Theft Concerns Rise: Chicago Workers’ Data Mailed to Wrong People

Names, Social Security numbers and home addresses of nearly 1,740 former Chicago school employees were mistakenly mailed to other members of the group, prompting concerns the information could be used for identity theft. All Printing & Graphics Inc., which Chicago …

Amica Adds Identity Theft Service

Amica Insurance has a new partnership with Arizona-based Identity Theft 911, a provider of identity fraud education and resolution services. Amica is providing its policyholders with access to the service. Identity Theft 911’s service lead victims through the resolution process …

Mich. attorney general issues alert about new identity theft scam

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is warning consumers to be aware of a telephone scam in which phony information is transmitted through Caller ID as a ruse to con individuals into providing illicit callers with sensitive personal information. Cox also …