Digital Platforms

Price comparisons, ratings and reviews are now “old school,” according to Forrester Research, and armed with digital tools, consumers are filling many legacy insurance roles.

InsuranceSuite is intended to help the multiline insurer streamline core systems and improve the agent experience.

LifePRO is a strategic policy administration platform for the consolidation and processing of life, annuity and Medicare Supplement products.

Insurers increase focus on improving customer satisfaction and retention through more effective claims processing, according to recent survey.

Even if the technology doesn’t immediately attract consumers, insurers offering such programs are establishing robust data sets, underwriting methods and laying the foundation for more positive customer interactions, Deloitte says.

Auto insurers ranked on price, distribution channel and policy offerings during the purchase experience.

Private health care exchanges are here to stay but debate remains over whether employers should move their employees to private exchanges, as well as the adviser’s role in working with them.

Optimizing application development and maintenance can reduce costs by more than 50 percent for organizations.

Networked sensors increasingly are being embedded in machines, buildings, cars and other objects, offering tech-savvy insurers new opportunities to understand and price risk, according Celent.

The Insurance Scorecard business intelligence and data warehousing application is designed for the P&C industry.

P&C insurer is implementing a billing system that encompasses the conversion of both personal and commercial lines data from its two legacy platforms.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the early stages of looking at new vendors to potentially take over the operation of Healthcare.gov, when Accenture’s contract expires in January 2015.

The insurer now offers independent agents the opportunity to automatically download policy updates daily through Vertafore’s AMS360 and continues to retire old technologies.

Travelers, the only property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said profit climbed to a record in the first quarter on investments and expanding margins.

iGO for Final Expense is designed to improve selling and processing needs for Settlers' 3,000 independent insurance producers.

Infrastructure functions can reduce costs and improve service delivery through better demand management.

Industry experts say it's time to focus on the future rather than the rocky implementation.

Gartner CEO and senior executive survey shows that growth is the top priority, with executives displaying a “bullish” attitude toward technology-related business growth in 2014 and 2015.

The project delivers an upgrade from Windows XP to the Windows 7 operating system for more than 11,000 desktops.

The partnership will offer an RMIS product designed to improve workflow and decision-making.

Report says coverage is available and affordable, though the market is tightening due to uncertainty over reauthorization; insurance industry groups response mostly favorable.

As a result of the crowded market driving down prices in New York - one of just five states where UnitedHealth is involved in an exchange - the insurer may boost participation in public insurance exchanges.

Southern Trust seeks to modernize its technology system and says the applications can be used and adapted by business users without a deep technical background.

The insurer will move to a private cloud-based infrastructure on the PureFlex System and IBM will provide other services related to mainframe, storage, backup and resiliency.

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Access to a growing number of models through a single platform enables insurers to build a more complete view of risk while achieving operational efficiencies in underwriting and portfolio management.

Casualty Actuarial Society forms a task force to advance research into cyber risk and cyber insurance.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods leaves ratings unchanged due to the generally stable operating environment, but analysts are adjusting earnings-per-share estimates because of winter weather and a flatter yield curve.

The portal is designed to enable customers to choose coverage via a side-by-side quote, but also purchase and service the insurance on one platform.

A link exists between the levels of collaboration among IT, line-of-business and analytics groups and the success of big data and analytics projects.

Top trends include core and legacy system transformation, data mastery, and analytics and digitization, Celent says.

In addition to preparing for 2015 enrollment, the expected successor to Kathleen Sebelius as U.S. health secretary will face health insurers' warning of double-digit premium increases.

SAP's platform has been expanded to North America insurers through its cloud offering.

Health care CIOs, consultants and attorneys comment on the tenure of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who soon will resign after serving the nation for five years.

Insurer expects to increase automation, flexibility and control of investment accounting and reporting.

Former head of sales and marketing at Covered California and former director of sales at Blue Shield of California, Michael Lujan, says Kathleen Sebelius was in an "unwinnable position."

Kathleen Sebelius, the U.S. health secretary who steered the troubled rollout of President Barack Obama's signature health care law, will resign just as the program topped its first-year enrollment goal, according to two people familiar with the decision.

Health insurers say that a fair number of new signups do not involve HIX options.

Buyers' market is improving, as capacity remains abundant, according to Willis Group; commercial casualty rates likely to experience single-digit increases.

Touchstone creates an open platform for insurers and reinsurers to manage their exposures and catastrophe risk.

Insurance data experts convene in IDMA annual meeting panel to underline big data opportunities and imperatives.

The regul8 statistical reporting product will integrate with core Zurich transactional systems, including PMS, ZIP and Guidewire Claims Center.

The integration from the Property Claim Services division of Verisk Analytics is designed to align the use of precision climate business data for P&C insurers.

The new company will distribute connected car products to consumers in the UK and Canada, fleets in Europe and to vehicle makers globally, company says.

As "the ultimate generalists," data managers can create value for business by minding the mission statement.

InsuranceSuite will help the multiline insurer streamline core systems.

Independence Blue Cross manages and accesses medical, administrative and master data code sets via off-premise web console.

Leading companies have poured $13.4 million into defeating a ballot initiative that would give California regulators the power to reject increases in health policy premiums.

Harleysville VP says the expanding scope and reach of data is changing the way insurers succeed or fail in the marketplace, yet many are not getting the message.

Underwriting Workbench is designed to speed group underwriting and product development.

Software is designed to help detect criminal fraud rings and enable users to understand the relationships between their organizations, customers, events and third-parties.