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Vendor's Underwriting Management System, beginning with North America, will seek to unify XL’s global underwriting platform.

Enhanced version designed to simplify agent-carrier workflows and streamline marketing processes.

Independence Blue Cross is in the process of testing a wireless-enabled fitness device and apps that can be used to support wellness, the Philadelphia-based insurer reports.

Insurers believe creative disruption has value, and they want their share.

Issue First to deliver permanent life insurance policies before underwriting process is completed by asking eight critical questions up-front.

Private equity firm Genstar Capital acquires policy administration software unit.

Three lessons to learn from the ongoing global economic crisis.

AIG, The Hartford, Munich Re, Prudential, Sun Life and nine others release third-quarter figures.

Insurance units of bank holding companies generated a record $7.9 billion in fees during the first half of this year, up 14 percent from the same period in 2010.

Against regulatory pressures, insurers plan to meet challenges of a sluggish economy, weak pricing environment, and inability to generate underwriting profits with organic growth strategies.

Accenture survey says industry needs to embrace analytics and better tailor products and services to customers’ needs.

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.

Poor Communication Feeds Life Insurance Sales Gap

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.

A new survey says drivers want more connectivity behind the wheel and that they think automated driving is not far off, but is that what we really want?

New report foresees the financial services industry’s risk technology spending hitting $23 billion by 2013.