Analytics

Charlottesville, Va. — SNL Financial, a sector-focused provider of business intelligence to financial institutions, released to its clients 2007 annual statutory insurance data for early-filing companies. Included with the release is detailed financial data on each filer, data by state and line of business, Schedule P loss triangle data and summary investment data, with hundreds of ratios, snapshots and analytics to facilitate analysis of this robust dataset. SNL also intends to make consolidated insurance group data available in the coming weeks.

Because the invoice is an opportunity to renew contact with a policyholder and demonstrate excellence in customer service, new attention is being paid to the technology behind the opportunity.

Armonk, N.Y. – Touting its energy efficiency, IBM Corp. has unveiled its System z10 mainframe. The Armonk, N.Y.-based company says the z10 was designed to increase data center efficiency by significantly improving performance and reducing power consumption, cooling costs and floor space requirements.

STUDY GAUGES BACK OFFICE EFFICIENCY

Carriers are taking steps to modernize their claims processing systems and better integrate technologies with existing systems.

A recent survey of actuaries focused on business intelligence strategies for actuaries coping with new challenges surrounding financial reporting, planning, forecasting and risk management.

Despite its ability to change the face of a company's IT infrastructure, the best approach to SOA implementation is incremental.

Instead of adding hardware to solve a file transfer problem, the AEGON chose a diagnostic software solution.

Mashup applications, which enable divergent data sources, business processes and applications to be combined and streamlined, are on the rise and poised to change the insurance IT landscape.

Ronald Katz, the well-known telecom technology inventor, is calling the shots with several large insurers—but for how long?