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All signs point to 2014 being a critical year for companies to better prepare to respond to security incident and data breaches, says strategic consultancy company Experian. Here are six things to look for on the cyber battlefield of 2014.

All signs point to 2014 being a critical year for companies to better prepare to respond to security incident and data breaches, says strategic consultancy company Experian. Here are six things to look for on the cyber battlefield of 2014.

The factors are in place for a soft-market pricing cycle, but rates have been trending upward. ALIRT Insurance Research examines the market conditions that have kept rates up and asks how long insurers can justify the increases.

QBE Insurance Group Ltd said it expects to post a $250 million net loss this year due to writedowns and unexpectedly large claims after weak crop prices hit its U.S. operations, sending shares in Australia's biggest insurer down 20 percent.

Well, I have officially been in the insurance business too long! While most people enter the holiday season excited about time off with family, tasty holiday meals and gifts under the tree, I find myself pondering the question, What if Santa Claus needed to buy insurance? Not only that,...

The president of a conservative think tank is highly critical of the current effort to roll back flood insurance rate increases imposed through a 2012 law, saying the reforms were modest and a test of whether federal legislators have the political will to put its fiscal house in order.