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BillingCenter to handle both direct and agency billing for Penn National and will be deployed for all lines of business.

Insurer launches new division offering several new products; Michael Conroy appointed VP, construction, to oversee build-out of division.

Software delivers rating and analytics information to product managers and actuaries.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is shaking up the Medicaid market as insurers look to scoop up the business that states are trying to shed.

Insurance is labeled an early adopter of social media in a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), titled “2012 U.S. Social Media Trends by Vertical.” The banking industry was cited as being a late adopter.

The new, redesigned version of its mobile application is designed to enable an additional access point for tablet users to connect with the insurer.

Big data may be getting all of the hype right now, but its data warehousing platforms and analytics tools and applications that are racking up double-digit market growth, according to a new quarterly industry assessment from IDC.

Although overall activity in the annuity market has been down over the past 13 months, inflows in May increased by slightly more than 1% to $7.5 billion from $7.4 billion in April, according to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.

While the adoption of mobile standards is rising fast, it is critical for strategy and development teams to discount the hype, take a comprehensive view of where mobile apps are currently and chart a direction that recognizes that fast changes in the mobile market are inevitable, according to the “Mobile Strategies: State of Mobile Apps 2012” survey, from MGI Research.

Despite increase, quarterly numbers show easing growth, according to index.