Digital Platforms

Insurers and agents may want to keep an eye on how their financial services brethren are serving their clients via the mobile space.

No going back from a wireless world; research says 2011 is tipping point of consumer devices in the enterprise.

Fitch and S&P react to AIG’s $4.1B charge for Q4; S&P clarifies Allstate’s rating after announcement that it's exiting the banking business; A.M. Best, Moody’s and S&P assign ratings to CNA’s forthcoming senior unsecured notes.

The Dutch financial services firm reportedly is considering IPOs in Europe and the United States for its insurance operations; struck two deals to divest its real estate investment management business.

Computer’s appearance on “Jeopardy!” offers glimpse of future business functionality.

The CMO Council researched the misalignment, and found isolation and mutual distrust in both camps.

Insurance professionals who want to stop the unauthorized flow of data to criminal sources should start by looking within their own enterprises.

In the first three quarters of last year, bank holding companies tallied $9.73 billion in insurance brokerage fee income—up 7% from the same period in 2009.

The administration will issue a "financial crisis responsibility fee" of $30B on institutions with more than $50B of assets that took TARP money to be paid over the next 10 years.

Just in time for Valentine’s Days, a study finds 29% of American drivers have engaged in romantic contact while driving.

To navigate through the changing market, insurers will think, act and spend differently in 2011.

Insurer using iPipeline’s cloud to integrate iGO e-App data into back-end systems to speed processing.

Pacts forged with MarketSpace and Kinetic Analysis.

The U.S. property and casualty market appears to be experiencing a scene from the movie “Groundhog Day,” operating in a market where little has changed from a year ago, notes A. M. Best in its 2011 Review & Preview report for the insurance industry. How P&C carriers may respond, however, reflects a market where change will be mandatory.

Broker-dealers and advisers must not only learn to appreciate social media, but be willingness to actively use it in order to woo this client base.

MedRisk's new RIBI unit is set to roll out a new reporting platform featuring state-of-the-art graphics and outcomes analytics.

Allstate, Aon, CNA, Humana all released their year-end numbers.

VPs of IT will see salary spikes, while CIOs and database administrators’ salaries will remain flat.

What the SEC says and thinks it wants and what will most likely materialize figures to be a much different story.

The rise of ubiquitous and mobile computing is creating a range of new innovations, limited only by imaginations.

As Mubarak's regime teeters, there are plenty of risk management considerations for insurers.

Fastest growth rate in three years; hardware spending on storage, mobile devices and network equipment led the drive, says IDC.

Federal panel laments doing little to affect the way corporate America pays its top talent.

Carriers making the best use of new technologies are getting their due at the 2011 Celent Model Insurer Awards in New York.

Total annuity sales have grown 24% since they hit a low in January 2010.

A new report from New-York-based Novarica offers a framework for insurers to use when making decisions about one of the most important arms of its distribution channel: the agent portal. The report, based on interviews with benchmark companies and vendor activities in the area of agent portal software, points to some clearly emerging trends:

What do customers want? Whether an insurance carrier is selling direct to consumer or though a multi-layered distribution network, the customer presents an ongoing challenge. Insurance marketers are often trying to hit a moving target as they evaluate the secret sauce to customer engagement.

The cyber barbarians are at insurers’ gates—is your data secure?

In a joint letter, trade associations ask Financial Stability Oversight Council to delay rulemaking.

American International Group Inc. announced today that it plans to raise the loss reserves for its Chartis property/casualty business.

Gartner suggests open source adoption offers companies a competitive advantage; formal policy is key.

Willis Global is intended to bring together Willis' entire array of specialist expertise for the benefit of its clients.

Even robots can make mistakes, but when a human life is involved, who takes the blame?

The Phoenix Cos., Genworth’s U.S. life insurance companies and AXA and Aviva all receive updates

A new report lists the hottest insurers based on yesterday's trading activity.

New survey reveals that insurers are making headway modernizing their legacy systems.

Web-based tool to enable leading managing general agent to replace legacy system.

SunGard's social media surveillance system is designed to monitor and archive content posted to social networking websites.

AIR Worldwide estimates that last week's blizzard racked up between $790M - $1.4B in insured losses.

Insurers may want to keep an eye on how banks deal with IT needs in the face of still-lagging profits.

The United States experienced a net gain of 11,800 IT-related jobs in January, according to employment statistics released last week by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The gain, which represents all sectors, plays out to eight straight months of positive job growth in IT labor segments.

S&P projects combined ratio of 102.2% for the U.S. property/casualty industry in 2011.

Business intelligence, analytics and reporting firm to enable carriers and agencies to monitor all aspects of their businesses.

GreenRoad to offer program to Zurich’s insurance customers seeking ways to minimize costs, reduce crashes.

SEC ordered payment for concealing a significant computer code error in the quantitative investment model it uses to manage client assets.

IT investments lagging American, UK counterparts as cost cutting takes precedence.

Tech vendor's shares fell more than 3% in after-hours trading Thursday after it reported earnings that missed analysts' estimates.

IDC report shows 2015 market spending at up to $2.5B, with businesses straddling hybrid clouds.

State exchanges are receiving funding support to launch, but must find a way to be self-sustaining afterward.

Sun Life and Swiss Re among insurers recognized for being most proactive in managing environmental, social and governance issues.

The provider of property/casualty and reinsurance products funded the transaction with cash on hand

Data to provide detailed information on building history, enable improved risk assessment.