Insurance

Blue Shield of California launches a provider quality and satisfaction tool to make hospital and HMO medical group selection easier for its customers.

The majority PricewaterhouseCoopers' survey respondents said they could do more to reduce the chance of future industry instability. However, the survey also revealed a desire for greater transparency to accurately measure exposure to risk.

Insurers have until November to weigh in on proposed annuities changes.

A letter to the SEC chairman says calls to suspend fair value accounting are misguided.

Portico’s Insight is designed to enable proactive provider workforce and network intelligence improvements.

Chesapeake Systems Solutions offers outsourced unclaimed property compliance services to assist firms in mitigating the risk of noncompliance with state laws.

New offering is designed to reduce costs of employee absences and simplify administration for compliance with FMLA.

Three insurers were among 12 organizations using Hyland Software’s OnBase were honored at the company’s annual conference in Las Vegas.

The acquisition of San Antonio-based Alamo expands Confie Seguros' presence beyond its platform in California.

The insurer plans to offer more than 250 new entrepreneurial opportunities throughout the region.

The healthcare insurer hopes its network professionals will use the feedback from the rating to improve their levels of care.

ImageRight credits quick implementation and ROI as factors influencing its latest wins.

The latest version adds thought leadership in SOA and expands coverage of SOA quality, mashups and more.

Bank holding companies see increase in insurance revenue.

Rater says balance sheet issues to become more acute.

An agreement with New York Attorney General addresses the issue of executive compensation.

ACORD, the insurance standards body, contends brokers and supervisors can advance their new solvency regime efforts by utilizing existing standards for data and information flow, internally and externally.

Newly appointed, Brad Harrison is responsible for third-party distribution sales in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and northwest Wisconsin.

The company’s on-demand software adoption in insurance contributes to ranks in the Philadelphia 100 and Inc. 5000.

Joseph DiBella’s responsibilities include overseeing the entire practice group, including benefits business development.