Insurance

Malpractice costs and tort environment are major considerations in decisions to locate and invest, finds Aon analysis.

FinArch management team will join Wolters Kluwer Financial Services.

With an eye on improved reliability, insurer turns to mobile security company Keynote DeviceAnywhere.

Q2 Confused.com/Towers Watson Car Insurance Price Index also finds personal injury claims jump 18 percent.

Tech giants taking turns this Summer outlining the next several years of advancements.

AIA Group also plans to enter a bid today before the deadline passes.

Latest version aims to enable quicker document creation and time-to-market for new products.

Athene Annuity & Life Insurance Company to pay $14 a share for New York-based branch of Presidential Life.

While the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) attempts to begin its work with the release of the office’s first report pending, Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to FIO Director Michael McRaith seeking more defined jurisdictions for the FIO and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

AHNJ On the Go is designed to provide members with access to a provider finder, personal health records and a prescription drug pricing tool among other tools and information.

A new report reminds us not only that data is the lifeblood of an enterprise, but also that companies are often incredibly inefficient at managing that data.

BillingCenter to handle both direct and agency billing for Penn National and will be deployed for all lines of business.

Insurer launches new division offering several new products; Michael Conroy appointed VP, construction, to oversee build-out of division.

Software delivers rating and analytics information to product managers and actuaries.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is shaking up the Medicaid market as insurers look to scoop up the business that states are trying to shed.

Insurance is labeled an early adopter of social media in a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), titled “2012 U.S. Social Media Trends by Vertical.” The banking industry was cited as being a late adopter.

Although overall activity in the annuity market has been down over the past 13 months, inflows in May increased by slightly more than 1% to $7.5 billion from $7.4 billion in April, according to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.

Despite increase, quarterly numbers show easing growth, according to index.

WellPoint said it will pay $92 for each Amerigroup share—a 43-percent premium to the company's closing price Friday of $64.34. The companies put the total value of the deal at about $4.9 billion. WellPoint will fund the acquisition with available cash, commercial paper and by issuing new debt, it said.

Through the new portal, users can access risk management tools, from Liberty Mutual’s RISKTRAC risk information management system to the insurer’s online claims reporting tool