Subject Root Tag

IBM says its Watson computer can do more than defeat human Jeopardy champs; it can be a tool for better and faster insurance processes.

The company’s edgeConnect user experience platform joins other insurance solutions chosen to provide building blocks designed to help insurers to transform their business processes.

A.M. Best report reveals hopeful signs in the industry’s capital position and liquidity, but warns of interest rate-related risks.

Saybrus Partners Inc., a subsidiary of The Phoenix Companies Inc., formed a group that will offer clients a "Plan Right, Retire Right" planning program.

American subsidiary of Japanese insurance giant selects hosted solutions to enter markets in multiple states.

Large sports cars have the highest average collision claims costs and passenger vans have the lowest, notes the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

HP software to help State Auto Group improve policyholder communications.

AXA, ING, Marsh and Swiss Re all released their year-end numbers.

ETran to provide robust, yet flexible, solution to meet needs of Mutual of Omaha.

Benchmark study shows health insurers rank last among 17 industries, including auto, homeowner and life insurers, in customer loyalty.

Amica Mutual, USAA among insurers on J.D. Power and Associates’ list of 40 service champions.

Lincoln Financial fined $600K for failure to protect customer information from public access.

MBIA Inc. and Assured Guaranty Ltd. claim they were tricked by banks into insuring toxic residential mortgage-backed securities.

Although nine insurer groups experienced asbestos and environmental (A&E) losses of at least $100 million during 2009, up from six groups in 2008, the increase is still “manageable,” notes A.M. Best.

The speed, scale and accuracy with which you translate analytics into operational improvements can create major cost and competitive differentiators for your organization.

The insurer announced that it's letting Florida policyholders sign up for a program that tracks their driving habits and adjusts their rates accordingly.

A report cites social media millionaires as potential wealth management clients, but the risk profile is not pretty.

Global financial institutions need to get up to speed with appropriate technologies and procedures to protect their organizations from a rising tide of payments fraud, says fraud and detection expert Dena Hamilton.

Policy admin, agent portals and business intelligence (BI) top insurers’ priority lists for 2011, all with a goal of improving business agility, insights and service quality, according Novarica’s 2nd annual “state of the industry” report.

Insurer says JP Morgan knowingly sold risky mortgage-backed securities.