Digital Platforms

State Farm sends mobile units to meet with evacuees.

Set of predictive models designed to separate major perils, aggregate by-peril expected losses to an all perils combined basis; more than a dozen insurers are participating in pilot tests to evaluate the environmental module.

USAA, Securian Financial highlight annual ranking.

Insurer expects to streamline policy administration, enhance underwriting accuracy and efficiency, and provide automated, real-time billing.

Planning and IT business alignment central to success, survey results suggest.

Respondents fear new GAAP statutory principle-based framework will increase volatility of financial results.

Aon study reveals 4% increase in the average long-term liability claim size.

While traditional channels are still heavily used for communications, communicating electronically is now critical for insurers.

Premium sales of individual life combination products jumped 62% in 2010, reaching $1.2 billion.

The company says the unique transaction-based financial model provides participating plans with a more direct and cost-effective route to consumers than individual brokers.

Electronic fulfillment solution to manage forms processing electronically.

Models forecast slightly above-average season, as report identifies $300 billion of U.S. residential properties at risk of storm surge.

Information manager job descriptions altering from traditional infrastructure focus to being business agile and innovative, says new study.

Increasing competition, slow economy and rapidly changing technology present biggest challenges, Aon study reveals.

Group will focus on continuing the development of the new ACORD Workers' Compensation Reporting XML Standard.

New survey indicates waning trust in insurers among Americans.

Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc. is looking to sell Gateway Bank Mortgage Inc. and Gateway Insurance Services Inc.

State Auto, Travelers and XL Group announce expected losses, ranging from $50 million to $1 billion.

Employee Retention a Challenge for P&C Reinsurance Depts.

SOA Expands into Enterprise Developer Area

Teen Drivers Play the Blame Game

New study urges regulators to consider carriers’ financial health as dissimilar to banks when it comes to global system risk regulation.

AIG UGI Asia, First American Title, Prudential Financial, State Auto, State Farm and others receive updates.

Insurer Expects $240-$290 Million in Cat Losses for April/May

Workers’ compensation lines are the sole bright spot, according to latest pricing survey by Towers Watson.

Banks' Life Insurance Sales Plunge in First Quarter

The nation's seven mortgage insurance firms wrote $13.6B of new policies in the first quarter, a 30% gain from the same period last year.

Genworth Sells Medicare Supplement Business to Aetna for $290 Million

System uses investment information to feed performance tools for calculating performance rates of return at multiple levels.

Solution for claims, underwriting processes to help manage incoming documents.

Scientists and the insurance industry are wise to ponder the potential impact of climate change.

Workforce Analytics Drives Business Outcomes

NHTSA Chief: Do Away with Distracting Tech

Shelby broaches privatization of beleaguered program at Senate hearings.

Efforts Underway to Curb Hail-Related Damage

Trade associations send letter to President Obama urging him to pressure the G20.

At Joplin Hospital and Data Center, Speed Boosts Tornado Recovery

Another INN blogger had a different take on Al Gore’s speech at IASA, but in the end, Gore cannot escape the slick image he earned as a politician.

Rule to Tighten EDI Standards in Final Stages

Edward Rust will serve a one-year term as vice chairman of business lobby.

ING Expanding Fiduciary Service Offering

Encharter Unveils Unique Direct-to-Consumer Pitch

IT Experts Debate Hot Topics

Aflac survey finds that more than half of respondents not prepared to pay for out-of-pocket expenses not covered by major medical insurance.

Agent barricaded himself in agency office; allegedly shoots fraud investigators attempting to obtain information.

June 17 is the deadline for comments on the EHR certification program designed to support meaningful use.

Firm acquires São Paulo-based IT services firm to expand its footprint in Latin America.

Study commissioned by MassMutual, others, reveals that sponsors "find comfort" in their advisers and services.

Amid failures and breaches, public and private sector groups are at early stages of fending off breakdowns and hacks; existing standards often neglected.

New iCloud service will serve as online repository and automatically synchronize files across range of devices.

BuildFax and Equifax say they will provide property & casualty insurance carriers with history on commercial and residential buildings that will improve the accuracy of underwriting valuation models.

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