Digital Platforms

Enrollments and the lack of widespread technological glitches on the website were cause for celebration within the Obama administration.

Health plan will provide employers with near real-time insights and recommendations.

To achieve meaningful benefits, first address the business priorities of the combined entity before merging technologies and systems.

With no access to online enrollment, GAO states that employers had to enroll through the help of agents and brokers or directly through issuers.

A poll of insurance executives attending PCIA also found that suboptimal underwriting remains primary obstacle to corporate growth.

Insurers are facing a sea change as technology increasingly permeates consumer culture, creating more sophisticated expectations (see part 1), and those expectations are just one of several factors driving the demand for talent in the insurance industry.Jeff Rieder, partner and head of Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and provider of benchmarking and best practices studies for insurance companies, met with INN to discuss the optimism in the industry, the many factors driving the demand for talent, employment numbers, and some of the reasons insurers are having difficulty recruiting.

Guidewire technology aims to help deliver flexibility, enhance customer service and lower IT costs.

Insurers are facing a sea change as technology increasingly permeates consumer culture, creating more sophisticated expectations.Jeff Rieder, partner and head of Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and provider of benchmarking and best practices studies for insurance companies, met with INN to discuss the skill sets that forward-thinking insurers need to recruit and cultivate to respond to the changing environment and capitalize on emerging opportunities.This is the first of a two part series.

To keep subsidies intact, Delaware officials are contemplating a technical work-around, while Illinois’ outgoing governor is seeking to push through a legislative fix in the final months of his term.

As larger number of consumers become willing to share their personal data, opportunities open up for insurers.

The P&C insurer also has modernized its claims practices, enhancing overall customer service, claims response and expenses management.

The P&C insurer is modernizing its claims practices, enhancing overall customer service, claims response and expenses management.

The fate of the subsidies may end up in the hands of governors and state legislatures, some of which have just changed parties

Paulson reportedly ended his investment by Sept. 30; Genworth has declined 40 percent since reporting a third-quarter loss of $844 million on November 5.

AIG’s largest shareholder before the bailout, claims shareholders were cheated in the deal by the 14 percent interest paid on the loan and a requirement to surrender 80 percent of the company’s equity.

The board voted for the loan deal after exhausting private- sector lifeline possibilities that included discussions with Warren Buffett, Jay Fishman of Travelers Cos. and J.C. Flowers & Co., Willumstad said.

The stock dropped 35 percent, erasing more than $2 billion of shareholder value.

Firm claims that using the application, some clients have experienced as much as 10-to-one returns.

P&C rates increased 1 percent, while personal lines were up 3 percent in October.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry to be among those cars that are the safest and most-affordable options for teen drivers.

Transformational effort includes document management and analytics initiatives to improve efficiencies and customer experience.

Don Culpepper, risk management consultant for Fireman’s Fund, discusses insurance applications for the Internet of Things.

IT organizations still years away from essential data management and analytics capabilities.

Insurer will roll out UBI analytics applications and use a national data set to offer discounts to insureds in six states.

The council today also heard a presentation from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on activity in the Treasury futures market the morning of Oct. 15, the Treasury Department said in a statement.

Integrate product is intended to help life insurers with the automation and governance of actuarial modeling and reporting.

Subsidiaries American Life Insurance Co. and Delaware American Life Insurance Co., solicited business in New York without a license and made misrepresentations to the state watchdog, according to the Department of Financial Services.

By outsourcing, the insurer expects to improve customer experience while reducing costs.

Claims transformation effort includes document management and analytics initiatives to improve integrations, efficiencies and customer experience.

Selection made following a two year due diligence and interview process.

LeapFrog’s investors are using the firm both to generate returns and to gain insight into African markets and companies.

Canada’s third-largest auto insurer enters five-year agreement for UBI and insurance telematics technology and services.

Q3 net income climbed 0.6 percent to $706 million, or $1.56 a share, from $702 million, or $1.50, a year earlier.

Q3 earnings per share, excluding one-time items, were $2.36, WellPoint said, beating analyst estimates.

U.S.' second largest life insurer 'well equipped' to take on longevity risk

Auto insurers have managed to eke out modest gains in customer satisfaction, but are still failing to leverage technology in ways that meet the high expectations of Millennial drivers.

Partnership will help companies adopt and manage Google’s lineup of Internet-based software.

The top trends for 2015 cover three themes: the merging of the real and virtual worlds, the advent of intelligence everywhere, and the technology impact of the digital business shift.

The measure is calculated by dividing total qualifying capital resources by required capital at group level, defined by applying 15 factors to different types of activities such as life insurance or banking activities.

Aetna Marketplace for Sam’s Club provides cost control and budget predictability

Legacy systems are constraining insurers across the globe, but transformation—which varies in the different regions—is underway, according to a new report.

Stream Claims can help Regional Insurance to reduce manual and paper-based processing.

The WebXL reporting tools can help the insurer isolate the claim experience and identify weather trends and severity.

More than 25 percent of luxury cars taken from 2010 through 2013 were never returned to their Floridian owners, the National Insurance Crime Bureau said.

Three women insurance execs cite personal experiences and lessons learned.

Insurer expands use of social business platform to multiple European countries.

Overall, insurance agencies are optimistic about their future, except for the smallest agencies, which are at greater risk.

Global costs from natural catastrophes were $125 billion in 2013, including $31 billion in insured losses, a number that is expected to increase.

More the 300 industry professionals attend the 9th annual meeting of industry conference.

Over 40 percent of otherwise satisfied auto and home policyholders likely to switch insurers soon, Accenture finds.

Insurers, healthcare providers and consumers stand to benefit from widespread adoption of wearable devices.

Effisoft’s WebXL reporting tools provide stronger controls and dramatic productivity gains.