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Bertrand Poupart-Lafarge has been named EVP, and earlier this month, the board of directors confirmed his appointment to chief investment officer and treasurer of AXA Financial and its subsidiaries, including AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.

The introduction of telematic technologies will help improve overall road safety, new data from U.K.-based The Co-operative Insurance shows.

AgentsofAmerica.org (AoA) reports that it will publish a 26-chapter e-book on risk management in early 2012. The “E&O Loss Control & Risk Management Program for Insurance Agents and Brokers” represents a collaborative effort by more than 25 top E&O insurance attorneys and experts from across the country, notes AoA, and includes an appendix on best practices.

Yodil Inc., a provider of business intelligence, data analytics and management reporting to the insurance industry, has developed OneSource for Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc., a writer of non-standard auto coverage. According to Yodil, OneSource is now in live production and interfaces with Affirmative's multiple systems to rate, quote and sell auto, home and ancillary products.

The conveniences of small size outweigh certain impracticalities as tablets and smartphones enamor insurance executives and agents.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded CGI Federal Inc. (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Group Inc., a $8.9 million, two-year contract to develop and implement the CMS Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight's Rate and Benefits Information System (RBIS). CGI Group is an information technology and business process services firm.

Some say social media can serve as a comfortable setting for learning and receiving encouragement from others suffering similar circumstances, but how can patients verify the information's integrity?

Aviva has launched a social media campaign, “Magic Money,” to raise awareness among younger workers about the importance of making the most of their income with regard to saving for the future.

The retail theft claims insurers expect to pay out this holiday weekend may take a back seat to those presented by clients with commercial package policies that include business interruption. CNBC reports that demonstrators are taking the Occupy Wall Street movement to retailers with an organized effort called “Stop Black Friday.”

The Department of Health and Human Services has rolled out an enhanced version of a public Web site, mandated under the Accountable Care Act, to aid small businesses and consumers in comparing and purchasing health care coverage.

Torus, a specialty insurer, has implemented Guidewire Software’s ClaimCenter, a claims management system.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted to exclude broker commissions from calculations of medical loss ratio required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

MetLife Inc. is reorganizing its business from a U.S./international business structure into three broad geographic regions to better reflect the company’s global reach. MetLife says it significantly grew its global footprint in 2010 through the $16.4 billion acquisition of Alico. The three new business regions, each of which will have its own president, are the Americas, EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and Asia.

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RMSI, a geospatial and software services company, has been awarded the Technology Initiative of the Year award, as part of the 15th Asia Insurance Industry Awards, held recently in Singapore.

Dan Colarusso, VP, CIO of Cypress Insurance Group, talks with INN about his company's decision to replace its multiple existing technology systems currently used for policy, underwriting, rating, billing, and management of its distribution channel with a SaaS solution offered by MajescoMastek.

Alleghany Corp. and Transatlantic Holdings Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement to combine Transatlantic with Alleghany. Under the terms of the transaction, the stockholders of Transatlantic will receive aggregate consideration, currently valued at $59.79 per share in stock and cash, or about $3.4 billion.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued its first rebuke to an insurer under the federal rate review provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Outsourcing is still a multi-billion dollar industry, but the future is getting cloudy as the market braces for a transitional phase.

Cigna, a health services company, and TTK Group, an Indian conglomerate, have signed a joint-venture agreement to sell a range of health, wellness and insurance products across India. Cigna says the agreement makes the insurer the first to apply for entry into India as part of a stand-alone, joint-venture health insurance company.