Insurance

AFG to add specialist workers’ compensation carrier with market share in the Southeast.

Application is designed to improve policyholders' experiences, reduce costs and shorten cycle time.

In a stabilizing economy and armed with strong capital positions, P&C insurers should increase their focus on establishing competitive advantage through innovation, according to Deloitte.

RSA Ireland CFO Rory O’Connor and Claims Director Peter Burke were dismissed yesterday, the London-based insurer said in a statement today.

The best insurers will achieve competitive advantage by developing the judgment and decision-making capabilities of their knowledge workers.

Exigen's suite of core systems is intended to improve operational efficiency, product distribution management and customer service.

New organizational structure intended to strengthen client services, better align resources to that goal and drive growth.

Despite higher administrative costs and uncertainty associated with HIX rollouts, A.M. Best forecasts top-line growth of as much as 5 percent.

Enough talk about cloud and big data analytics — insurers want to see execution.

Since last year, new skills and new thinking are more urgent than ever, even as budgets and technology needs remain static.

Insurance AO Activity Doubles

Insured losses declined to about $31 billion, the Munich-based company said today. That compares with $65 billion reported for 2012.

With the acquisition, Insureon will exceed $100 million in total premium; deal between online provider of BOP insurance and national independent distributor expected to close in January.

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Global insurers have failed to take action and embrace the digital world, but survey results show that, from a budgeting level, the commitment is lacking.

Insurers, including Nationwide, CNA and MetLife, are leveraging a growing number of data sources and applying high-performance analytics to help detect patterns of fraud as early as possible.

While document management systems continue to house the industry's essential business information, many large insurers are trying to leverage the data contained in a host of new media types to help boost the business.

Collaborative and social technologies are radically changing not only interactions with consumers, but the ways in which internal processes can be conducted as well.

"Uncertainty" sums up the regulatory environment for insurers in all lines in 2014.

As insurers undertake technology transformations, more are finding the competition for IT talent to be fierce.