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Employee Benefits an Early Target in Budget Cuts

CAT modeling firms’ preliminary reports indicate the earthquake caused significant damage in the epicentral region.

Arizona regulators this week seized control of the troubled mortgage insurance division of PMI Group.

Vendor unleashes Business Performance Analytics Suite in an attempt to spearhead a new corporate identity and growth initiative.

MajescoMastek hired to simplify the carrier's current system of processing policies.

Newsweek magazine list compares the environmental footprints and reporting practices of big companies.

Allstate Winces at Cat Losses

Prudential survey offers insights into young adults’ wants and needs when planning for retirement.

USAA's been an early adopter of new digital banking technology, due in part to its unique customer base of military personal, who are often dispatched to locations around the world on short notice.

The specialty provider of fraud solutions to the health care industry hopes the partnership can provide them with further insights into how fraudsters operate regionally.

Straight-through claims processing to be increased, costs of meeting health care reform requirements reduced.

While analysis of life insurers’ 2010 assets and investments reveals recovery from the credit crisis, a longer-term set of challenges stemming from the lowest interest rates seen since the 1950s also abound.

A new report says Smartphones can be used to record keyboard input, increasing the risk posed by such devices to the enterprise.

IT hiring improves, but not enough to consider a recovery as overall compensation for IT professionals remained stagnant since January 2008, notes Janco.

Solvency II will change the investment behavior of European insurance companies, notes a new report, but if done correctly, insurers can optimize its return.

A new study from Liberty Mutual and Students Against Destructive Decisions reveals that distractions behind the wheel, especially texting while driving, for teens are only increasing.

Capabilities are being scared off by security concerns as life insurers continue to stall in the decision-making process, according to study.

As part of an enterprise initiative to provide new insights into the company’s global business, XL will leverage the vendor’s NexGen Business Intelligence features and consulting services.

Software patent litigation dating back to 2009 is resolved, the companies report.

New study results demonstrate the need for increased customer-centric communication across all channels in order to develop higher levels of trust.

Insurance CIOs, CTOs and IT VPs emphasize security/privacy, cloud and social media in recent survey.

Gartner analysts said IT leaders must keep it simple, destroy perfectionism and embrace calculated risk.

From the CIO Insurance Summit: CIOs must weigh the practical concerns of serving the current business climate against the need to incorporate new technologies.

Gartner forecast: 2011 spending grows to $98B, topping 2008 record levels within 4 years.

Guidelines asking for disclosure of cyber-attacks aren’t backed by regulation or mandate, so why should an insurer willingly shoot itself in the foot?

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Federal Insurance Office follows Dodd-Frank mandate to gather feedback on how to modernize and improve the country’s insurance regulatory system.

INN reports from the CIO Insurance Summit: As technology advances and consumer expectations shift, insurance CIOs need to architect for a free flow of information.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization and Capital Health Plan top National Committee for Quality Assurance's ranking of the highest-rated plans in the nation.

Following a huge breach of protected health information from TRICARE, the insurer for the military health system, a lawsuit seeking class action status for 4.9 million affected individuals has been filed.

EDGAR Online Sees Record Growth in Q3 XBRL Filings

Study reveals that teen drivers are 50 percent more likely to crash in the first month of unsupervised driving as they are after their first year; 57 percent of these crashes result from three common mistakes.

SEC Wants Cyber Attack Reports

First MetLife wanted to be a bank, then it wanted to retain mortgage banking while dumping the other trappings of a depository institution, but now it doesn't want even the standard origination business anymore.

Income earned from the sale of annuities at bank holding companies rose 25 percent in the first half of 2011.

HealthIntegrated Model Promises Competitive Advantage

IIABA's "2011 Best Practices Study" finds insurers benefiting from growth strategies deployed after the recession hit.

Health information exchanges, combined with the implementation of mobile accessibility, pose a daunting data security threat.

CSC Extends Admin Suite to Microsoft Platform

Chief claim officers assert that they are being provided fewer resources to accomplish more in a tough business climate, according to a new survey.

Commissioners adopt amendment to improve transparency around the purchase of annuities.

P&C Industry Not Out of Slump Yet

Infosys Continues to Post Big Profits

Can Insurance Boost Early Stage Clean Technologies?

Financial Stability Oversight Council issues a set of five thresholds that will help determine which non-bank institutions will come under the purview of the Federal Reserve.

Analysis of the title insurance market reveals better-than-expected numbers.

New survey declares that while the rate of increase shows signs of slowing, employee contribution trends could jump as much as 20 percent in certain regions.

Cloud Still Nascent as Data Center Outsourcing to Reach $8b

New report examines how insurers can employ data from social media sites in claims and underwriting.

To diversify clients’ portfolios, independent and insurance broker/dealers should consider these products as a baseline income investment in retirement plans, according to new report.

Bolstered risk management for one, vastly improved consulting and analytic capabilities for the other; both parties walk away from bargaining table satisfied.

Carrier making purchases in hopes of greater visibility, straight-through processing.

As catastrophe claims mount, P&C insurers net losses on underwriting grew to $24.1 billion in first-half 2011.