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That's hot! Home Insurance Technology Trends

If you want to insure a mansion or a priceless art collection, don't be surprised if a certified thermographer shows up at the door, infrared camera in hand.Thermal imaging cameras are among the latest high-tech tools home insurers are using to help stem losses, and more gadgetry could be in the works. The various solutions are designed to assess risks and detect problems before they become catastrophes, saving customers from heartbreak and companies from paying out millions in damage claims.Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., which does inspections of most of the homes it insures, started using thermal imaging cameras in the last year for the highest-value homes and historic buildings the company insures. The service is also available to people with high-value art collections, with scans being performed on storage and display areas. Use of the tool may expand."For us it's in the infant stages, but we're seeing a tremendous impact already," Fireman's Fund Risk Services Manager Richard Standr...

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  1. Business Owners on Pre-Superstorm-Sandy Mistakes

    The Hartford surveyed 451 small businesses in the areas most affected by Superstorm Sandy to gauge the extent to which they were impacted, as well as their advice for other business owners.

  2. ETFs Loaded With Low Price-to-Cash-Flow Ratios

    A favorite tool of value investors, the price-to-cash-flow is a gauge of the market's beliefs in a company's future financial health. Uses as an indicator of relativ...

  3. Hartford Financial 2012 Earnings Now a Loss After Third-Quarter Restatement

    Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) restated its third-quarter 2012 results, resulting in a loss for the year instead of a profit, due to an accounting erro...

  4. Hartford Financial 2012 Earnings Now a Loss, After 3rd-Quarter Restatement

    Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) restated its third-quarter 2012 results, resulting in a loss for the year instead of a profit, due to an accounting erro...

  5. Don't Lie: Your Life Insurance Depends on it

    As you fill out that life insurance application, what if you choose to leave off pertinent information about your past or current health? Could the medical decisions...

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    Allstate Corp. (ALL) surprised Wall Street with a fourth-quarter profit, a new buyback program and the largest dividend increase since the financial crisis--all desp...

  7. Big Week Looming For Insurance ETFs

    Exchange traded funds tracking insurance providers are often overshadowed by more popular financial services fare, namely those ETFs that are home to major bank stoc...

  8. Aetna profit falls on costs and legal settlement

    Aetna Inc fourth-quarter earnings fell sharply, the health insurer said on Thursday, as costs rose in parts of its employer-based insurance business and it took char...

  9. Hartford CEO Undergoes Surgery to Remove Brain Tumor

    Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) said its Chairman and Chief Executive Liam McGee underwent surgery to successfully remove a small brain tumor.The insure...

  10. Hartford Financial CEO's brain tumor surgery successful

    Hartford Financial Services Group Inc said Chief Executive Liam McGee underwent a successful brain surgery to remove a small tumor.McGee, 57, had displayed no sympto...

  11. How to Take Full Advantage of Employer-Offered Benefits

    Starting a new job can be just as daunting as it is exciting, particularly when it comes to all the administrative tasks and paperwork required to get settled in.Wad...

  12. MetLife Predicts Earnings Likely to Fall Next Year

    MetLife Inc. (MET) estimated results for the current year above its previous view, citing solid investment spreads and favorable insurance margins, although the comp...

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    From MARKET TALK:0848 GMT [Dow Jones] US stocks are set for a weaker start Tuesday after the S&P 500 recorded a new all-time closing high in the previous session, sa...

  2. Busy Week on Tap with Jobs Report, FOMC

    The big news next week in a busy five days for economic data will come from the labor front, when the government releases its April jobs report on Friday.Also the Fe...

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    Earnings season continues next week with a focus on Internet companies, insurers and media firms. The most notable names include Facebook, AIG, Visa and MasterCard.O...

  4. Hartford Declares Run-Off Unit 'Self-Sufficient"

    Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) said it was taking a $600 million charge in the first quarter to ensure that a once-troubled book of annuities it sold i...

  5. Hartford's McGee Gets $11.2 Million Pay Package for 2012

    Liam McGee, the chief executive of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG), got an $11.2 million pay package in 2012, a 40% increase, after the insurer's stock ...

  6. Q&A: Paying Employees During an Emergency

    My business was closed for a while because of Hurricane Sandy, which means my hourly employees weren’t paid during this time. Is there anything I can do to make sure my employees get paid if another disaster occurs?

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    Insurance company technology is already monitoring drivers with devices like Progressive's "Snapshot," which logs your mileage, speed, braking and other data. Now an...

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