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Online distribution isn't just for personal auto anymore. Insurers are now expanding electronic application functionality to small commercial, life and annuity and beyond, leveraging business rules and third-party data to satisfy consumers and agents, expand their reach and shrink sales cycles.

Insurance can be complicated and even the best-informed consumer wants advice - from family, friends and professionals. And that's where the opportunity for differentiation lays for insurers.

AIG and Principal are making moves to limit their proprietary trading and investments, attempting to appease regulators just as MetLife, The Hartford and Allstate have done before them.

Joe Nestegard fills the slot vacated by Rhett Rayburn, who has been named VP of GEICO’s southeast region in Georgia.

The technology, legal framework and customer expectations have reached a point where carriers need to implement e-signature capabilities, according to Novarica.

By a wide margin, California led in luxury car thefts from 2009 to 2012, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Steven Zabel, former SVP of long-term care insurance, CFO of insurance products and SVP of audit for Genworth, will oversee Unum's enterprise risk management program.

New unit created to provide specialty treaty reinsurance solutions on both a quota-share and excess-of-loss basis.

The number of legacy systems in the P&C space continues to decrease. However, the overall success rate of the replacement projects remains relatively low, according to a recent SMA report.

Resource and integration challenges continue to be a major hurdle for many insurers, while IT staffs appear to be doing a better job of balancing priorities, according to a new survey from Strategy Meets Action.