Insurance

Workers’ compensation medical cost containment business unit expands company’s portfolio.

Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. recently elected William Riker to its board of directors, expanding its number of directors to seven.

New financial reform plan is reigniting a long-simmering regulatory debate.

CIOs urged to evaluate initiatives for both tactical and strategic import.

Insurer hopes end-to-end book roll solution will help its agents streamline operations.

San Diego – Hurricanes pose the greatest “act of nature” risk to the U.S. insurance industry for 2008, according to EMB, a San Diego-based actuarial consulting firm. In order to stay ahead, P&C companies must develop detailed enterprise risk management (ERM) strategies and processes that account for the risks in a shifting climate, the company says.

To counter stagnant growth, distribution channels and technologies need to be examined anew, says research firm.

Auto insurer fosters innovation through highly visible competition.

The insurer was impressed with the system's flexibility, capacity for rapid deployment and its use of a rules-based model.

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Strong vendor competition, better technology and faster speed to market cause insurers to increasingly implement systems.

Shifts in customer behavior, distribution patterns and preferences could provide significant growth opportunities for insurers prepared to embrace and leverage these emerging changes.

A growing number of insurers recognize the need to use data analytics to enable intelligent, instant issue of underwritten life insurance.

Aon’s consolidation of its sales and marketing efforts lets the business side do the driving ... and puts IT in the backseat.

Sometimes the true measure of an executive's prowess has less to do with the prefrontal cortex and more to do with the skills targeted toward being able to deliver business results.

Beyond keeping tabs on e-mail and paper trails, document management solutions ease the troubled minds of carriers, agents and brokers.

More sophisticated modeling and advances in location intelligence are helping insurers better assess risk on a changing planet.

Finally, there is evidence that insurers are employing real-time activity, and the beneficiaries aren't just agents.