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Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC), a private, nonprofit mutual insurance company, has promoted two key executives. Paul Buffone is now SVP and chief claims and information officer, and John Hawie, CFA, is SVP and chief strategy and investment officer.

With persistently low interest rates continuing to dampen profitability, group life/annuity/voluntary benefit insurers are investing in benefit and policy administration systems, customer and agent portals, and easy enrollment capabilities to increase profits, according to “Business and Technology Trends: Group Life/Annuities/Voluntary Benefits,” a report from Novarica.

A recent study that indicates more than 17,000 new jobs in the Ohio insurance sector, including underwriter, actuary, customer service, IT specialist and other infrastructure positions, will need to be filled in the next five years.

Here are seven U.S. higher education institutions making the most out of enterprise data management techniques and trends.

Armed with analytics, insurers should be able to make better business decisions more quickly and mobilize teams to connect better with customers, leading to success and growth, according to PwC.

Enservio, a provider of software and services to property insurers, has launched ContentsExpress, an online contents valuation tool designed to accelerate the contents claims process for property insurance claims.

U.S. life insurers underperformed most industries after taking risks that should have been left to Wall Street banks, McKinsey & Co. said in a report today.

Peak Reinsurance Co., a reinsurer focusing primarily on the Asia-Pacific market, has selected a catastrophe modeling solution from AIR Worldwide to manage its catastrophe risk.

Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, said profit this year will be about 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion), little changed from 2012, as prices remain stable and lower interest rates weigh on investment income.

Life policy administration solution designed to support underwriting, policy administration and payouts.