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Insurance software solutions provider Dovetail Insurance has won the Palmetto Pillar Award for cloud computing, which is sponsored by the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Columbia Information Technology Council. The award is intended to honor the Midlands' technology leaders, innovators and IT executives.
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Portal to serve Andesas ADASTAR Q+ plan administration system.
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Funds to help improve technology and teaching in computer information sciences.
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Steve Thiel has been named as VP of actuarial reporting and analysis for Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. Thiel will be responsible for reporting actuarial balances while analyzing the companys financial performance, and will oversee delivery of projects that drive financial stability and serve as valuation actuary to provide an ongoing assessment about the companys assets. He will report to Neil McKay, SVP and chief actuary.
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Insurer deploys the Toughbook mobile computers in all 50 states, enabling appraisers to write estimates on site and upload reports.
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David Blumer, Swiss Re's Chief Investment Officer has decided to leave the company, effective Nov. 1, 2012, according to the companys board of directors. A successor has not been announced.
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Potential voluntary federal guidelines foretell a future that may require keeping a close eye on the balance between collaboration and control.
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The U.S. property and casualty sector’s profits got a boost in the first half of 2012, largely as a result of underwriting improvements resulting from a quiet catastrophe year to date. According to ISO, a Verisk Analytics company, and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes jumped to $16.4 billion in first-half 2012 from $4.8 billion in first-half 2011. Measuring insurers’ overall profitability as an annualized rate of return, policyholders’ surplus on average climbed to 5.9 from 1.7 percent.
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Forecasted savings reached by 90 percent that adopt cloud technology.
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Partnership to develop insurance solutions in the cloud.
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