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Employee dedication and PolicyWriter’s market leading capabilities are credited for Adaptik’s third appearance in the ranking.

Individuals can securely purchase policies online and immediately print policies and ID cards.

A working group is tasked with finalizing a model bulletin to help regulators tackle stranger-originated annuity transactions.

Towers Watson says that while insurers have made progress in their ERM efforts, the industry still faces challenges.

Rep. Ed Royce lists specific "fixes" he wants to make in the law if the GOP seizes a House majority next year.

The BI solution is designed to help drive business improvements across the enterprise.

Facebook is suing some spammers, but will it really do any good?

NAIC adopts model law to conform to health care reform, but insurers warn they may be hard-pressed to adopt new spending rules by January 1 deadline.

Given its value, it must be treated with the same sense of security and accountability as money.

Fitch Ratings reveals that the losses could be almost double what insurers previously expected.

RIMS survey says rate of premium loss decreased during the last quarter.

Against economic woes, insurance companies are facing some tough decisions when it comes to IT staffing and maintenance. In particular, flat premiums and reduced investment income are driving the industry into a competitive state not seen in 20 years, forcing IT organizations to deliver faster, deliver more and reduce or maintain costs, notes a new report issued by New York based research and advisory firm Novarica.

ARC Logics to help insurers evaluate risks and better understand risk exposure.

It’s no secret that agents and brokers continuously rank “ease of doing business” as one of their top priorities when choosing a carrier partner. The subject of a recent survey, 7,800 independent agents and brokers were asked to rank more than 200 property/casualty carriers, and name their top performers.

Preliminary research results from NCCI indicates a 4% drop in claim frequency for 2009.

For the first time ever, theft of information and data has now overtaken physical fraud in businesses, Kroll report finds.

State-of-the-art lab aims to help P&C insurers model for and mitigate against natural disasters.

Partnership extends reach of Duck Creek Technologies across Australia and to New Zealand

Insurer charged with inconsistencies, yet NAIC review found no underpayment of claims.

Moody’s places Zurich under review for a possible upgrade, affirms Travelers; A.M. Best upgrades Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.

Report says technical wherewithal more important than ever as industry bounces back from financial crisis.

Expense reduction, growth strategies and improving underwriting results are atop commercial carriers’ list of concerns, says Novarica.

Research says the percentage of workers that utilized the premium subsidy contained in the stimulus package was lower than expected.

Integro will be positioned to add reinsurance brokerage services in United States.

ClaimCenter to provide a foundation on which to grow Torus’ business.

To date, insurance pricing and conditions have remained stable, with flat or lower pricing being typical for the majority of insureds in the majority of coverage lines, notes insurance broker Marsh, which issued a report this week on the state of the P&C and reinsurance markets.

Banks that set goals for advisers' life insurance sales sell more, say research firms.

Insurers may glean ideas from successful mobile apps developed by their banker brethren.

Legal requirements drive tech product development and data management policies.

Company will cut 1,500 – 1,800 jobs as it digests Hewitt acquisition.

S&P revises its outlook on Swiss Re, A.M Best affirms The Hartford Steam Boiler Group. Moody’s downgrades AXA UK Life and agencies react to Everest Re’s executive leadership announcement.

Japanese typhoons, changing economic conditions in China and earthquakes in Seoul could cause Supercat-sized insured losses, says Aon Benfield.

Improved productivity, cost savings and simplified work processes are making enterprise mobility increasingly important for insurers’ technologically inclined workforce. In a recent survey of top business leaders, IT experts and mobile developers, Pyxis Mobile, a mobile application platform provider, found that companies are expanding beyond just mobile applications for field services and sales people, to empower all employees.

Fraud incidents are on a downward slope, returning to reporting figures from two years ago, according to the Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index, which captures fraud incident activity from more than 1,000 organizations and 12 million employees worldwide.

Case challenges insurer’s ability to consider gender of driver when writing auto coverage.

Insurers looking to get into the mobile payment game may want to heed this unfortunate reality.

Against the backdrop of dire economic predictions, insurers are being told to rethink IT as it applies to corporate growth objectives and strategies.

The industry lost 5,700 positions from August to September.

Recession has cut expectations, but innovation and cloud interest should keep market steady, according to IDC study.

Pending regulatory requirements and tight capital markets are altering the captive insurance market in Europe in numerous ways, notes A.M. Best report

The primary conflict stems from different views of the merger.

Survey sees 64% of execs predicting the recovery will not occur until 2012 or later.

Identity technology expected to underpin customer and business partner access control across the company's U.K. websites.

BindExpress Suite to allow immediate processing for independent agents.

Online offering includes breaking news and ratings updates as they're released by the major ratings agencies.

MainSource sold its P&C and health insurance books to Encore Insurance Group.

Survey finds ignorance of terms, suspicion of payout, slowing sales Down Under.

The very nature of data security is one couched in discretion: As a matter of routine, processes are classified, and specialists in this area rarely share their company’s state secrets.

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Reuters reports that standards board may opt to modify mark-to-market proposal.