Insurance

Prestige Professional Plans, a single-office, employee benefits insurance brokerage firm, is located in Dayton.

Truck insurer to feature chairman in satellite radio ad campaign.

Paul Tuhy, head of Global Claims at XL Insurance, provides insight into his company’s award-winning core systems project.

European insurers need to be become more cost-efficient to counter stagnating premiums.

What’s hidden below the surface is what drives disproportionate cost in your organization.

A global panel of consultants and senior executives, some of whom work with insurance industry clients, say that building the project manager’s (PM) influence, accelerating new leadership and communication skills, and increased use of informal learning approaches such as social media and experiential training are among key themes for 2011 project management professionals. The global panel of experts was assembled by ESI International, a subsidiary of Informa plc that delivers consulting and education services, to identify top trends for 2011.

Best-in-class, high ROI ERP implementations do not always cost more if well managed, Aberdeen research finds.

We know mainframes can take a pounding, but they also need to be responsive and Web-aware.

U.S. carriers comprise only 20% of A.M. Best's annual list of largest insurers ranked by total assets, and just 36% when ordered by net written premiums.

State Auto Insurance Cos. and Guidewire Software today announced that State Auto selected Guidewire ClaimCenter as its claims management system. State Auto will deploy ClaimCenter for all of its lines of business.

Under the rule, ONC will select one organization to accredit entities wishing to become a health IT certification body.

In the year to come, popular sentiment will push wireless device growth in insurance/financial services, but increasing security problems will push back.

Despite the prevalence of the trusted adviser model, relationships are expensive and at low premium levels, not worth the investment.

Registration for Medicaid MU programs in 11 states started this week.

Moody's rates Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., Fitch affirms Northwestern Mutual Life, S&P removes State Auto from it CreditWatch list.

Chad Hersh to keynote the Insurance Core Systems Summit in April 2011.

The memorandum of understanding marks the first formal coordination effort between states and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Legacy replacement, mobile applications and better use of analytics are among the issues confronting insurers.

National health insurer Aetna this week announced its formal acquisition of Medicity, a health information exchange technology company from Salt Lake City. The move is seen by many as a proactive approach to meeting health care reform requirements.

Of particular interest for many in 2011 will be mobile, social media and PFM that make for more efficient customer service.