FirstBest Systems, Inc., announced FirstBest AppReader 2.0, the insurance agency connectivity solution that enables data upload for agents and underwriters, regardless of agency management system and without proprietary networks or transaction fees.

Two industry analysts will discuss how technology can help improve auto claim customer satisfaction levels through the use of technology in a Webinar being hosted by Claims magazine on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. Eastern.

"Tropical Depression Sixteen" has formed in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to hit Cuba Tuesday night as a tropical storm before moving toward Florida the following day, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Two industry analysts will discuss how technology can help improve auto claim customer satisfaction levels in a webinar being hosted by Claims Magazine next week, Oct. 5, 2010, at 2pm ET.

The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) is urging the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to get behind its credit-based insurance scoring model law and drop an idea to conduct a "questionable data call."

A total of 725 weather events between January and September this year have caused insured losses of $18 billion and indicate a probable link between the increasing weather extremes and climate change, Munich Re said.

Vertafore, a provider of software and services to the insurance industry, announced the availability of AMS360 version 5.0, the latest version of the company's agency management system.

Canada's highest risk management honor was presented by the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) Ontario Chapter to Tina Gardiner, manager of insurance and risk at The Regional Municipality of York.