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John Kim also will become New York Life’s chief investment officer

For younger employees, the possibility of an enjoyable retirement is dwindling.

Gartner research points to increased investment, though many still won’t see ROI.

Top companies in our survey grind down costs by consolidating IT and rationalizing processes. They’re growing faster as well.

Insurers that outsource the IT and administration of policies underwritten years ago can improve customer satisfaction, lower costs, and even reduce capital requirements.

Financial legislation requires surplus lines producers to participate in a national database for licensing and renewals.

The highest-priority initiatives continue to be policy admin and BI, with claims, agent portals and commissions also of importance.

The top 25 life/health insurance writers continue to set the pace for the larger U.S. industry, which saw a 2.6% increase in nine-month net premiums written to $424.2 billion. The increase is the first since year-end 2008, according to A.M. Best, which released its list of Top 25 U.S. Life/Health writers today.

New Celent report studies how carriers can maximize ROI of business process management technology.

Research firm believes maturing cloud technologies and server virtualization will dominate enterprise infrastructure software and initiatives in coming year.

With insurers storing vast amounts of potentially sensitive or embarrassing information, a risk mitigation culture must pervade the enterprise.

In its plan to recapitalize, AIG hopes to break ties to the U.S. government.

Product to offer better management of its portfolio of insurance-linked securities.

For those not on thin-client hookups, the message is clear: Know what applications are on your systems and how they work.

While there's a sense of optimism surrounding the greater IT jobs market, insurance IT pros face much gloomier prospects.

Just 15% of health care CIOs surveyed were confident they could meet the April 1, 2011 deadline to qualify for meaningful use incentives.

New research identifies virtualization mistakes.

Insurers may be interested in keeping up with the ongoing challenges banks face in enabling consumer phone transactions.

Rep. Spencer Bachus says he will revisit Dodd-Frank to remove any undue burdens on taxpayers.

New reports list P&C, life and health insurers with highest quarterly sales growth.

Inflated storage and towing fees, excessive medical treatment and auto glass fraud the most scrutinized, says NICB

The forecast for 2011 includes only slight premium growth for the industry amidst a continuing moderate economic recovery, Fitch says.

The previous three months showed a composite decline of -4%, according to MarketScout research.

The Integro company has purchased a risk advisor and reinsurance intermediary focused on health care.

The average immediate annuity premium is $107,000, LIMRA says.

Rep. Spencer Bachus, who has served as the ranking Republican member for years, had widely been expected to be tapped due to his seniority, popularity and fund raising tenacity.

Application to handle all claims submitted to ACE Private Risk Services under its personal and specialty lines.

United Home will implement Atlas and AgenTree product suites for a real-time, online administration system.

At CAS annual meeting, speakers weigh the reality of federal insurance oversight.

A.M. Best affirms Old Republic subsidiaries; Moody’s and S&P assign ratings to CIGNA's issuance 10-year maturity debt; Fitch affirms AEGIS.

Swiss Re foresees growth for insurance industry but warns low interest rates, regulatory overreach may hurt investment income.

Study reveals growth and sustainability amidst challenges in the independent agency system; increase in women and minority-led agencies.

Some of INN’s Women in Insurance Leadership award winners share the characteristics that they believe make a successful leader.

How the news will affect American operations is unclear, but Zurich CEO denies mass layoffs as part of the cost-cutting move.

Insurers may want to take notice as the bank's free app has more than 250,000 downloads since last month.

IT lives dangerously by not addressing the negative way in which it is viewed by the rest of the enterprise.

Social media, analytics and mobile market proliferation likely on companies' minds next year.

A former insurance industry association IT manager and an IT consultant are charged with bilking the association out of more than $ 1 million dollars in 6-year-long scheme.

Goal should be to protect taxpayers, say industry stakeholders.

AIG is reportedly considering the possibility after last week's success.

Advances in technology, consumer acceptance are enabling insurers to offer more pay-as-you-go offerings.

Insurers across both property and casualty and life/health are evaluating 2011 mobile technology plans, and many are following a model used by banks, airlines, hotels and other service providers that are focused on improving transaction and service levels, reports Novarica in two new reports on the subject.

Insurers still harbor trepidations over technology, new Novarica report finds.

Dutch Insurer Aegon NV, confirmed reports that as part of an ongoing restructuring, it will cut approximately 5% of its workforce , or approximately 400-500 jobs in the U.S. over the coming two years. The action will result in $70 million annual cost-savings.

iter8 products used to develop connected agent portal for Providence Mutual.

Insurance Scorecard to unify legacy and new data, enabling robust reporting and analysis.

An online program can offer a return on investment and enhance a patient’s ability to self manage chronic health conditions.

Data quality scoring capabilities have been added to improve TruExposure’s catastrophe risk assessment abilities.

Not quite “in the money,” AIG inches closer to its ultimate goal of repaying government assistance.

Moody’s and S&P assigns ratings to AIG’s debts; S&P revises its outlook on Principal Life; and A.M. Best affirms Aviva USA and revises ratings for Aviva plc.

NHTSA results reveal an increase in the level of drug use among fatally injured drivers.

Insurers may want to keep an eye on how their banker brethren are utilizing tablets.