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Insurers will be challenged to make work on legacy systems as interesting and fulfilling as any social networking startup may be.

Low market valuations of insurance, high levels of caution drivers behind lack of consolidation

More than 250 African American financial professionals at all stages of their careers, representing financial companies from across the United States, are expected to attend.

At IIS seminar, attendees express confidence in their ability to make use of growing sets of data and penetrate new markets.

At IIS seminar, attendees express confidence in their ability to make use of growing sets of data and penetrate new markets.

Sales of motor scooters jumped almost 50% for the first three months of 2011.

Discoverture Solutions to implement homeowners, commercial lines products.

Product coverage to respond to and protect against full range of cyber exposures.

Financial literacy program key to attracting talent to insurance industry.

Net losses on underwriting grew to $4.5 billion in first-quarter 2011, contributing to the quarter’s net income drop to $7.8 billion

In light of growing cyber attacks against insurers and others, companies need to better defend their network perimeter, and resiliently produce swift recovery if an attack occurs.

Commercial mortgage loans held by life insurers in Fitch's universe posted actual realized losses of $1.36 billion in 2010, below Fitch's expectations of up to $3 billion in losses.

At International Insurance Society seminar, insurers, regulators and academics consider how best to balance the rules under which the industry operates.

The call for a national standard for when and how banks, insurers and financial services companies must notify customers of a data breach beefs up penalties for cyber crimes by synchronizing them with other laws, such as the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Despite witnessing firsthand the anxiety and apprehension that many of their Baby Boomer parents are now enduring as they close in on retirement, the overwhelming majority of Gen-Xers are still not adequately preparing themselves for their own eventual retirement.

By comparison, insurers must decide which initiative(s) to fund out of many worthwhile projects; developing an objective decision-making model can both help you choose the best projects and build corporate buy-in.

New research is advancing the notion of remote healthcare monitoring, an obvious plus for health insurers, but social factors may inhibit adoption.

Designed for insurance carriers and broker/dealers selling annuity products, the service features analysis by product, carrier, distributor, agent and investor.

Health insurers overall received a low grade on the American Medical Association’s (AMA) / most recent “National Health Insurer Report Card” (NHIRC). Commercial health insurers have an average claims-processing error rate of 19.3 percent, an increase of two percent compared last year, according to the findings. The increase in overall inaccuracy represents an extra 3.6 million in erroneous claims payments compared to last year, and added an estimated $1.5 billion in unnecessary administrative costs to the health system, AMA says. The AMA estimates that eliminating health insurer claim payment errors would save $17 billion.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is creating an immediate jobs crisis in our communities, notes Michigan Congressman.