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BindExpress Portal is designed to enable Barton and its agents to quote and bind new business policies.

Purchase rates continue to climb as rates fall, according to a new report.

Report from Moody's Investors Service says small carriers may need to diversify or raise capital to meet pending requirements.

StoneRiver survey posits reinsurers concerned about not having automation for aggregation in the event of a catastrophe.

New Celent report says there is no single best claim solution for all European insurers.

A new report from Novarica finds insurance CIOs warming to the use of agile development.

Escaping the last of the oughts has been good to P&C insurers, as the combined ratio improved to 101.1% in Q1 2010 from 102.2% in Q1 2009.

Short-term extension would keep the troubled National Flood Insurance Program operational until September.

Insurance technology execs are replacing their focus on being cost-cutting service providers with a ramp-up of innovation—and looking at their people and their organizations.

S&P rates Genworth's senior notes, Moody's downgrades The Phoenix Cos. senior debt rating and A.M. Best revises State Auto’s outlook to negative.

Conferees yesterday couldn't agree to final language that would make it harder for federal regulators to preempt state consumer protection laws.

A constellation of insurance regulators and executives were on hand at the White House for an event marking the 90-day anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. property/casualty insurer financial impairments rises to 18 in 2009, up from 16 in 2008 and five in 2007.

CIGNA was honored as having the best customer service team of the year across all U.S. businesses.

Seeking to trim cost of package, senators seek to add six-month benefit extension.

Rating agency says the industry’s 2010 operating income increased $9 billion over Q1 2009; its net income increased $11 billion.

New PWC survey finds FASB's push to have all financial instruments marked-to-market would be at odds with most investors' preferences.

As part of TIAA-CREF's “new client-focused organizational structure,” Maliz Beams will be replaced by Edward Van Dolsen.

Pundits and analysts are having a field day with social media for insurance, but is it really that big of a deal?

The industry released almost $20 billion in reserves in 2009, according to a Conning study.

New Fitch report says P&C sector financial performance impressive considering the challenges of past 10 years.

EWI Risk Services says the long-term potential impact of the disaster on the D&O market is in the range of $250 to $500 million.

Results of vendor-sponsored survey show decreased collaboration and e-discovery investment since 2009.

The committee still has to tackle issues surrounding derivatives oversight, consumer protection, interchange fee regulation and risk retention.

Mitchell’s WorkCenter is designed to provide assignment, repairable estimating, total loss valuation, review/audit, repair management and reporting.

Celent report says Asian insurers will spend 1% to 3% of premium on IT in 2010.

New preparedness standards for private sector draw praise from risk managers.

B&L's insurance companies will use SIMS Claims to replace multiple legacy systems and optimize IT and claims operations.

The committee agreed to scale back a provision that would eliminate the use of trust-preferred securities as Tier 1 capital.

To reduce costs, carriers employed a variety of methods from increasing the employee portion of the premium to increasing deductible levels.

Lapses in insurance-related programs persist as legislators wrangle.

Gartner lists best practices for re-evaluating software-as-a-service in your organization.

The economic recovery horses are at the starting gate, but when will the race begin, and when do we plunk down our bets?

Quickfill, intended for use with personal lines auto and property and commercial property insurance, is designed to populate results from 34 of ISO’s databases.

Life insurers back annuities legislation in testimony before Committee.

The investigation by U.S. market regulators into American International Group’s executives is closed, Reuters reports.

Insurers being swept up in the current iPhone furor may want to watch as mobile banking customers continue to clamor for Android apps that still aren't available.

Moody’s and S&P react to Marsh McLennan’s Mercer subsidiary settlement, and to Lincoln National’s capital plan related to its TARP repayment.

Federal judge U.S. District Court Judge Janet Hall gave preliminary approval to a settlement under which The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will pay $72.5 million to a group of claimants alleging the insurer engaged in fraudulent practices in settling various injury claims.

IIABA weighs in on creation of federal insurance regulator as conference committee finalizes details of financial services reform.

As European insurers brace for changes to the way they calculate risk and capital, a new report assesses vendor offerings.

AMA members say insurers are making progress, but processing costs are on the rise due to errors, underpaid, overpaid or incorrectly unpaid claims.

In spite of economic challenges and rumors that it is cutting its agent force, Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate is steadily moving forward, expanding both offices and staff across the country.

As conference committee meets, associations ask legislators to adopt Senate language for national insurance office.

Insurers with thrifts could be affected by potential changes coming in the reg reform bill.

There is a compensation increase underway for many IT positions, especially that of CIO, notes survey.

Cyber-security is a rapidly growing problem, but you’d never know it by the response in our industry.

IIABA members gain access to the environmental insurance market and assistance from ARMR.net’s environmental risk management team.

Level for fifth straight quarter, commercial lines prices exploit recent financial climate, overcapacity, and a calm 2009 catastrophe year.

Maximizing legacy investment, advocating for new investment among primary challenges, notes Celent report.

The verdict could have far-reaching ramifications for organizations seeking reimbursement for costs related to mitigating data breaches.

Aon will begin integration by implementing BWise's SOX compliance and global information security policies.