Since the news of tainted drywall—and its noxious fumes—started rolling in, manufacturers and other businesses that supplied and installed the building material have denied liability.

Catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT, Inc., announced that version 3.14 of its modeling software platform, WORLDCATenterprise, will use the SQL server relational database.

Merideth Wieland has been named the 2010 Claims Professional of the Year by the National Association of Insurance Women-Region VIII.

An unprecedented $16 billion in first-quarter reinsurer losses from the Chilean earthquake, European storm Xynthia and other natural catastrophes is a record worst for the period, said Willis Re.

The announcement by federal authorities that traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954 has little impact for auto insurers, an expert in the field said.

For decades, the insurance industry has collected data and filed it in cabinets, and never in a very sophisticated way.

Foodborne illnesses cost the U.S. $152 billion in health-related expenses each year, more than previous estimates, according to a recent study. Overall, foodborne illness costs related to produce were responsible for $39 billion of that total.

Insurance broker Marsh said it has named Ricardo Brockmann chief executive officer of Marsh in the Latin America and Caribbean region.