Insurance

The new platform-as-a-service expands the product’s reach into specialty commercial lines, company said; availability in overseas markets expected within the next year.

The vendor response to many insurers' business requirements is often "configuration," which SMA notes as the top tech priority for PAS replacements.

The landscape is littered with applications that were promising when they entered development, but as technologies have become "consumerized," state of the art is an even faster moving target.

Document and workflow management, as well as analytics and integration capabilities, are increasingly important in new, Web-based claims systems, according to a recent Novarica report.

Many insurers already had counter-measures against such competitors in place, in the form of strong web-based offerings and strong agent networks.

Policy designed for packagers and co-packers to cover product recalls, product contamination or manufacturing errors & omissions.

In New York, officials said the exchange had 2.5 million visitors in the first half hour and California reported seeing as many as 10,000 hits a second.

The strategies of insurers like UnitedHealth Group and WellPoint are under the microscope as data from four of the five largest U.S. states is collected by SNL Financial Group.

Biggest benefits from technologies include the use of automation and operational metrics, according to a new survey of chief claims officers by Towers Watson.

In wake of the confusion among homeowners policyholders after Sandy, Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, calls for more simplicity, standardization from insurers.

New chairman, chairman-elect, vice chairman; and executive committee member announced by the the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America.

One quarter of survey respondents said they considered switching auto insurance providers in the past year; Esurance had the most customers in that category, USAA the fewest.

BI and data warehouse software designed to enable better business decisions by making more data available.

Acquisition intended to expand Quindell’s outsourcing presence in the United States.

Insurer seeks to improve its abilities to rollout standard ISO-based lines of business as well as customize specialty lines configuration tools.

Many app developers fear the mainframe, and mainframe operators are suspicious of apps — here's how to bring these two worlds together.

Veterinary Pet Insurance has released its 11 contenders for the most unusual claim of the year award.

The new unit is intended to improve underwriting support and service and centralize product delivery and development.

Web and mobile platforms designed for agents to capture, view, download, archive and share documents from multiple devices.

Flawed implementations often result in misconceptions that agile methodology is inadequate, when the true problem lies within the developmental stages, not within the methodology’s design.