Insurance

As part of a larger strategy to modernize operational systems, the insurer migrates commercial auto and liability to Instec’s Quicksolver, which is now in production and running on Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud platform.

Configurable integration software designed to reduce the need for coding, cut implementation costs by half.

Larger insurers are more likely to use price optimization to increase profitability, and half use segmented demand models; most smaller insurers assume rate changes won’t impact customer demand.

LifeSuite designed to enable the automation of straight-through underwriting processing with a Web-based system.

Industry-wide second-quarter results indicate a recovery, as every product line shows increased sales compared to the anomalous first-quarter results, according to LIMRA.

There are several questions to answer before you begin looking for C-suite help when it comes to technology and innovation.

Low inflation and interest rates, as well as static cost drivers, have helped stabilize claim costs; workers’ comp and product liability among weakest segments.

Small teams from across the insurer’s IT staff work for six weeks to solve a business problem using technology.

Vehicle thefts are projected to increase 1.3 percent year-over-year, breaking an eight-year run of declines, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Materials on the site include a health care reform communications toolkit that provides employers with resources to help them meet their October 1 deadline.

Data tracking and data visualization enabled by new Web-based, mobile-enabled claims software.

Two updated index allocations are being released in 44 states.

Daniel Lebish, a former Highmark executive, to take on new role for the group insurer.

Workers' comp insurer looks to increase customer satisfaction, by offering more communications options, and operational efficiencies through platform standardization.

Although it's a relatively new technology, SDDC could change the way data centers are funded, designed, provisioned and managed by extracting software and applications from hardware entanglements.

Document management functionality emphasized on new version of SurePower Innovation.

Insurer announces five new appointments overall.

Zurich Insurance said operating profit declined 18 percent after floods in central Europe in May and June cost about $140 million.

Security and integration are two of the four most important considerations when entering the mobile space or improving what you already have.

The Union of Concerned Scientists issue a list of suggested revisions in light of increasing costs and risks.