May 8, 2006
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part roundtable discussion on identity theft. Part 1 examined the scope and source of identity theft, and can be found on page 100 of Insurance Journal’s April 17 West region issue. …
May 8, 2006
Spending for loss control services increased or remained flat for a majority of organizations in the past year, and the greatest spending increases occurred in such areas as disaster preparedness and catastrophe management, according to the Internet-based 2006 Loss Control …
April 27, 2006
Spending for loss control services increased or remained flat for a majority of organizations in the past year, and the greatest spending increases occurred in such areas as disaster preparedness and catastrophe management, according to internet-based 2006 Loss Control Spending …
April 25, 2006
St. Louis, Mo.-based The Shield Insurance, a preferred homeowners and auto insurance program designed exclusively for police, firefighters and EMS, now offers a new online application. Stuckey and Company’s CEO, Dwight Stuckey, says, “We believe that this will help eligible …
April 25, 2006
Trident Insurance Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Argonaut Group Inc., entered into a strategic agreement with Vaaler Insurance to be its exclusive program manager for writing public schools in the state of Minnesota. Trident’s public school program targets …
April 21, 2006
A bulletin from global broker Willis Group Holdings in the April 2006 online edition of “Marketplace Realities and Risk Management Solutions” describes events in the natural catastrophe (Nat Cat) segment of the property marketplace as “nothing less than tumultuous.” Directly …
April 17, 2006
Hawaii revealed that more than 43,000 people, nearly half of them government employees, are at risk of identity theft. The case involves the making of unauthorized copies of insurance company records that list the names and Social Security numbers of …
April 17, 2006
The participants included: •Scott B. Moritz, director of KPMG Forensic; •Hugh C. Kelly, principal of Financial Risk Management; •Joanna Taylor, senior associate for Financial Risk Management; •Linda H. Gallagher, principal for Financial Risk Management; •Carolyn Greathouse, manager for Financial Risk …
April 17, 2006
Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a two-part roundtable discussion in which KPMG professionals examine the scope and source of identity theft, and how corporations need a multi-disciplinary approach to fight it. Part 2 of the roundtable will …
April 17, 2006
Households headed by young people (18-24 years old), those in urban or suburban areas, and those with incomes of $75,000 or more were the most likely to experience identity theft, according to a new government survey. Victimization did not differ …