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CMS wants health insurers to develop standardized summaries of health plan packages

Aetna Hosts White House Health Technology Innovation Summit

Former Treasury official tells Senate Banking Committee that he would be an independent voice on Financial Stability Oversight Council.

A Look Into Europe’s PAS Market

Snapshot on the Business Intelligence Market

Group Asks for Alcohol Detection Technology

Congress is patting itself on the back for its new bill, but the fix is far less than is needed.

Recovering global wealth management industry projected to surpass $32 billion in IT spending over five years.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods report expresses concern over P&C industry balance sheets.

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Company to analyze complex data, generate business insights with RevoDeploy R and RevoScale R.

Report focuses on the types of equipment likely to be stolen and recovered, location of thefts and recoveries.

Microsoft Provides Details On Project Daytona

Vehicle Tech Prevents Crashes: Report

SNL report shows State Farm dominates the rankings as sector’s profitability and premium volumes show slight gains.

Swiss Re chooses Java versions of CSC’s POINT IN and AWD for its North American P&C operations.

Insurance giant MetLife Inc. said Thursday it plans to sell its banking affiliate but will remain in residential finance and servicing through its MetLife Home Loans division.

As a result of consumers' growing customer service expectations, insurers need analytics to better understand their needs, says global survey.

Many drivers know the dangers, but continue distracted driving behaviors.

Outsourcing Market Data: Financial Services Not Biting

Towers Watson survey finds insurers willing to be aggressive in their investment strategies.

Survey finds banking, financial services and insurance the top industry group requesting services, cited by 82 percent of service providers.

WellPoint Near Agreement on Large Breach Class Action Suit

Life insurers in particular will be vulnerable to effects of potential downgrade of U.S. credit rating, notes A.M. Best.

Questions Plague State Health Exchange Program

With new collection points, insurers are struggling to achieve accurate contact data; survey reveals median percentage of inaccurate data in an organization’s existing database was 35 percent.

PayPal to Launch Mobile Payments By Summer

Marsh will consolidate efforts of more than 1,350 dedicated claims colleagues located around the world.

The big worry in cybercrime is data or systems loss, but hacking into implanted devices may also be a cause for concern.

As insurers ask themselves whether they want to participate in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges, vendors tailor services and states scramble to meet the 2014 deadline.

Firm partners with Answer Financial, launches O.co Insurance tab to offer home, auto quotes.

1 in 5 Licensed Drivers Wouldn’t Pass Written Test

The transaction is expected to result in an after-tax gain on sale of approximately $275 million for Manulife; and for Pacific Life, approximately 41% share of the market.

Culture is Key to Risk Management Success

SimCorp to provide opportunities for automation for the management of fund-linked life insurances.

Survey: Health Insurance Brokers Vital in Years to Come

The Risk Management Society is approved by American National Standards Institute and will begin standards development in early 2012.

Electronic Subrogation System Completed

Insurers have tough decisions to make in order to strike a balance between security and loss of productivity.

Online Info Helps Patients Find ER Alternatives

Geopolitical upheaval, rapid technological and regulatory change and a spate of natural disasters join persistent financial disquiet to form a potent challenge for insurers.

Increasing tablet and smartphone adoption for work creates headaches over securityS, support.

Has FSOC Already Failed?

Life/health insurers’ performance improves and stability returns; 12 new insurers made the list for 2011.

Focus moving from IT to business capabilities, Forrester survey states.

While measure has cleared lower chamber by a decisive margin, the bill’s fate in the Senate is far from certain.

P&C Insurers Suffer Through Q2 2011

Volatility in the market affected results; nine new insurers made the list for 2011.

Ward Group President Jeff Rieder provides insight and analysis to his company's ranking of the top performing property-casualty and life-health insurers.

User organizations are banding together to establish baseline for cloud data interactions.

As major market changes loom, report says health insurance providers that wish to access this giant pool of potential customers will need to shift toward a consumer-focused model.

Pilot programs reduce cell phone talking, texting among drivers.