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.

"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).

The insurance industry and safety agencies remain divided over whether laws to ban distracted driving are indeed reducing highway accidents and deaths.

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."