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40 percent of mid-sized and 10 percent of large P&C insurers are implementing or planning such projects, and many challenges are foreseeable, Deloitte research says.

As the company considers its mobile strategy, Waleed Sharaf, VP of Information Technology, ICW Group, discusses some of the possible solutions to address the requirements of several customer types.

Company adds commercial products to its online portal for brokers.

Insurer purchases iGO to power the sales process in its preneed and final expense markets.

Enterprise broker management platform designed for scalability to help integrate operations across the insurer's large network.

With life insurance ownership at an all-time low, a top-tier insurer gets creative in an attempt to meet customer desires.

The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) released new research indicating that during the past year, nearly 30 percent of baby boomers stopped contributing to a retirement plan, and 16 percent prematurely withdrew funds from a retirement plan. The recession and slow recovery are pointed to as the primary barrier preventing baby boomers from adequately saving for retirement.

Novarica Research Council Impact Award Nominee of the Day: Allstate Financial enabled producers and customers to legally bind an electronic signature to a life insurance application via the internet.

Partnership designed to further straight-through processing for Ebix's insurance agent and carrier clients.

Novarica Research Council Impact Award Nominee of the Day: Capitol Insurance Companies enabled 24-hour access to business tools for agents and consolidated its surety business in the process.