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Arch Re is employing a Web-based system to ease the manual burden of the insurers with which it works.

Insurers are finding enterprise mashups add a new dimension to the productivity promise of composite applications.

A report from ISO and PCI says the decline stems from a combination of underwriting losses and a deterioration in investment results.

Given the prevailing economic concerns, insurers and brokers may be wise to look to financial planners as part of their customer service strategy.

What is the role of social media for UK insurers?

Ratings agencies announce a number of changes, including affirmations of Pan-American Life Insurance Co. and Western Life Assurance Co., and an under-review status for IPC Holdings Ltd.

Solution to include investment accounting and portfolio management software and services.

Insurer’s core systems to be managed by Web-based suite.

Watson Wyatt CEO John Haley and Towers Perrin CEO Mark Mactas will head up the combined company, Towers Watson & Co.

The vendor will provide black-box rating and policy admin software for insurers’ multi-line products.

Software will allow insurer to model business processes and automate workflows.

Survey results show the mean compensation for all IT executive positions surveyed decreased to $142,753 in large enterprises and $123,728 in mid-sized enterprises.

A recently released study shows that fewer customers are shopping for another auto insurance provider, but insurers step up their satisfaction efforts.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York to receive $25 billion share of spun-off businesses.

Respondents express concerns over rising costs and inadequate coverage in their employer-based coverage.

Fitch Report quantifies link between investment losses and deteriorating capital levels.

With China's new insurance laws set to take effect later this year, many insurers may need to upgrade their claims systems to keep pace.

When financial systems are compromised, we may not even hear about it for months.

The key will be if the Office of National Insurance can deliver on its promise of greater uniformity of regulation among the states.

Capital losses will hamper balance sheets through 2009, according to Conning Research.

A.M. Best downgraded National Financial Group, not National Life Group.

The Retirement Security for Life Act would halve taxes on annual income derived from retirement vehicles.

Draft proposal of bill also calls for establishment of a health care exchange.

Waukegan agent acknowledges forging certificates and pocketing premiums.

The acquisition represents the last significant step toward the insurer closing its investment agreement with Treasury.

Carriers and agents are taking advantage of technology offerings to improve their communication.

When it comes to claims processing, a little bit of software and an evolution of processes can make a huge difference for carriers.

Financial Instruments Reporting and Convergence Alliance coalition includes industry stakeholders from both life and property/casualty insurance groups.

Report: Financial crisis should spur insurers to take a new look at risk management.

NAIC chief gives mostly positive assessment of Obama Administration’s plan for reform, but concerns linger.

The recent economic hardships have compelled motorists across the pond to take their time when shopping online for auto insurance.

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a car! It’s a plane! How do we insure it?

Ratings agencies announce a number of ratings changes, including affirmations of New York Life and NYMAGIC Inc., and downgrades of National Financial Group and TIAA-CREF.

The study found that 56% of respondents who have health insurance are against, or are unsure how they feel about a government-operated health care plan.

In the first quarter, Sun Life's variable annuity sales rose 21.8% to $580.1 million.

With interest rates falling and the markets in a fingers-crossed recovery, executives and analysts expect demand for fixed annuities to start tapering off.

As reform efforts gather speed, insurers seek to provide input.

Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers says public option for health care endangers private market.

New work has begun on an amendment to the first universal standard for motor vehicle event data recorders that may aid in insurers’ fight against insurance fraud.

The losses and declines in market value associated with the recent economic environment reveal new insights about the complexity of risk.

While new channels and options continue to arise, there has been no significant culling of existing channels, which could pose a problem, according to the firm.

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) wonders "If we have institutions that are 'too big to fail,' have we not failed already, since they create a systemic risk?"

Position created to help oversee insurance operations at American International Group.

Clean, solid data is fundamental to mitigating risk, but insurers continue to slide by with poor information.

Both sides in the debate over federal regulation of the insurance industry find something to like in the new financial blueprint.

Life insurer now has no long-term debt maturities until 2011.

Parts of the plan, including giving the Fed sole authority to police risks to the financial system, eliminating the thrift and specialty charters and scaling back national banks' preemption powers, are likely to prove too ambitious to succeed.

Witnesses say size should not be the sole consideration when determining which enterprises pose a threat to the economy as a whole.

Like their insurance carrier customers, Forrester research shows insurance application vendors also are looking to expand into new geographic markets.

Citing states’ history of consumer protection and market stability, the state-based insurance regulatory system is one of critical checks and balances, says Illinois Insurance Director.

Amount sufficient, says Conning Research, but long-tail claims are now thinning reserves.

Pointing to “gaps and weaknesses” in the supervision and regulation of financial firms, AIG is identified as the government’s most visible example of a firm that escaped the “strictures” of serious holding company regulation.