Insurance

The Hartford plans to boost life insurance sales by building relationships with independent financial advisers, as opposed banks.

Report highlights data integration pitfalls as backdrop to achieving objectives.

In the automated underwriting market for life insurance, reinsurers lead the way in its use, but big IT vendors are not far behind, notes new report.

Recent survey results also find carriers using technology to retain the knowledge of retiring underwriters.

A study by OCI finds that while employers think layoffs will save them money down the line, instead, the number of high-risk and workers’ comp claims often tends to rise.

The bank holding company also owns the Capital Frontier Group insurance agency.

An unbalanced UK economy and uneven success across Europe utilizing a bancassurance model have hindered life insurers overall success.

A.M. Best takes action on Nationwide, affirms Highmark, while Fitch affirms Allstate.

ING will voluntarily register the annuity with the SEC in anticipation of Rule 151A.

Benefits will allow policyholders to keep their policies when changing jobs, and an extension of policy issue age and spouse rider term to match that of the holder.

The “Network of Vertafore Users” identity is designed to capture the importance of education, advocacy and networking.

As a trillion-dollar industry managed by political cronies and policed by the IRS, government-run health care is a series of problems waiting to happen.

RMS partners with Asian Capital Reinsurance to expand catastrophe solution services to the Asian market.

Unveiling a customer acquisition solution, Pegasystems addresses the technology needs of health insurers that need to meet growth driven by health care reform.

The solution delivers marketing and advanced selling advantages to a mobile sales force.

Vertafore’s PL Rating clients can now have seamless integration of pre-filled property data using MSB’s Residential Component Technology.

Provider now covers regulatory and liability claims arising from the theft, loss or accidental transmission of patient or financial info, and data recovery costs.

When paired, cloud computing and BPM permit insurers to identify, model and automate ailing mission-critical business processes.

The New York-based agency chose PMC Insurance Group as its official workers’ compensation insurance provider.

Health insurer focused on creating an online community for members and customers.