Insurance

Four distribution management solutions are expected to streamline Cypress' technology.

Insurers sold $61.9 billion of annuities, compared with $52.7 billion a year earlier, according to LIMRA.

Data analytics is a potent tool for bolstering carriers' relationships with agent networks.

With more than three weeks to go, insured losses from severe weather are an estimated $1.5 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute, and that covers only two of the four storms so far.

The new application is intended to offer insurers a view of the market and competitive positions for annuities.

Cannon served as interim CEO for seven months after Angela Braly resigned in August 2012 under shareholder pressure.

The insurer will review internal and external candidates to replace Josue Robles and expects to name a successor by the end of this year.

Allstate, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, The Hartford and Travelers reported an aggregate combined ratio of 79 percent for full-year 2013, according to Fitch Ratings' latest report.

E-signature functionality expected to reduce not-in-good-order rates and increase speed to completing new business.

CEO Tom Wilson has turned his focus to expansion after spending years reducing sales to homeowners in states such as New York and Florida.

Cloud can either divide or unite companies. When united, enterprises achieve great agility and innovation.

Only 19 percent of enrollees chose the coverage with the cheapest premiums, and mid-level silver plans drew 62 percent.

Either way, insurers need to ensure that they offer professionals great places to work and learn.

The multi-channel platform will support automated sales and marketing efforts throughout the life insurance organization.

Business value metrics are a critical for demonstrating the impact of IT spending and investments, Novarica says, and neglecting to use them can lead to inefficiencies and one-sided cost-benefit analyses.

Nearly two-thirds of carriers expect to increase staff during the next 12 months, and technology is the area that will see the most growth, according to a recent study.

Top three priorities for insurers include improving security/privacy, system simplification and standardizing infrastructure technologies, according to a survey by Kable.

Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's Starr Investment Holdings agreed to buy Multiplan Inc., which manages insurance claims on behalf of large insurers, from two private equity firms.

The relationship between agent and carrier is a leading factor in not just the success of a PAS transformation, but in the success of the business' as a whole.

Ed Baird to retire after 25 years of service with the company; to be replaced with Charles Lowery, previously EVP and COO of Prudential's U.S.-based businesses.