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QBE Reports on Using Social Media to Boost Service, Fight Insurance Fraud

Social media data mining offers insurers an opportunity to combat fraud and improve underwriting, according to a recently issued white paper by QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE Insurance Group Limited. The white paper titled “Innovations …

Social Media Bands Together With Facebook in New York City Dispute

Facebook’s fight against prosecutors over nearly 400 search warrants for users’ postings and other data is drawing support from other social media companies and civil libertarians. Lawyers for Foursquare, Kickstarter, Meetup, and Tumblr said Monday they were seeking to join …

Hamm Reports $5.6M Recovered for North Dakota Consumers in 2011

More than $5.6 million was recovered or saved for North Dakota citizens in 2011, according to a report released today by North Dakota insurance commissioner Adam Hamm. This number represents money recovered on behalf of North Dakotans through the Insurance …

Third of Illinois Workers’ Comp Awards in 12 Facilities

Workers filing on-the-job injury claims at just a dozen state institutions clustered in southern Illinois collected nearly one-third of the total $127 million awarded in recent years for permanent impairment under Illinois’ troubled workers’ compensation system, the Associated Press has …