Insurance

Unpredictability, layers of complexity, yet-to-be-seen risks all play forward into challenges and opportunities for insurers’ social media strategies.

The carrier is looking to fill 100 positions in its Dallas office by February of next year.

Insurer says new pension-like product now accounts for 20 percent of its annuity sales volume.

Carriers need to strike a balance between standardization and customization when writing policies and paying claims.

Report says worldwide IT spending pertaining to risk functions will increase to more than $74 billion by 2015.

If Novarica’s Chad Hersh had a crystal ball, he would have told insurance technology attendees at a technology user conference in Austin this morning that the future is already here.

New Agent App From ING

Appointments aimed at helping company provide support to insurers creating usage-based insurance products.

Insurance Networking News, the independent authority on the latest technology to support insurers' business strategies, kicked off its annual 2011 Vanguards in Insurance (VIP) awards program, in which carriers vote for their industry's top technology providers and these providers in turn nominate the most visionary insurance carriers.

Vendor incorporates Duck Creek's policy software in an attempt to offer more robust P&C product.

In letter to Sec. Sebelius, governors say tight timetable, funding issues may impact some states’ abilities to comply.

As a result of the agreement, Partners Mutual expects to be assigned Penn National's pooled rating by A.M. Best.

VETalent program focuses on preparing veterans for jobs in the information technology sector.

Lorraine Seib to manage global excess casualty business with underwriting operations in New York, Bermuda, Dublin, London and Toronto.

As consumers push back on banking fees, insurer touts its online bank as an alternative.

Russ Bostick, president of Bostick & Associates, took to the stage at Celent’s Creative Disruption—A Core Systems Strategy Workshop in Boston on Nov. 3, 2011, to share his experiences as an insurance IT executive in building successful business cases.

After two years heading the carrier's life insurance division, Ruth Smith was promoted to executive VP for protection.

Suite to replace multi-system legacy environment with single system for processing of all products.

Cloud technology may solve storage problems, but only while creating security challenges.

AIA expresses concern that proposed solvency test may be unduly burdensome.