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Total annuity sales have grown 24% since they hit a low in January 2010.

A new report from New-York-based Novarica offers a framework for insurers to use when making decisions about one of the most important arms of its distribution channel: the agent portal. The report, based on interviews with benchmark companies and vendor activities in the area of agent portal software, points to some clearly emerging trends:

What do customers want? Whether an insurance carrier is selling direct to consumer or though a multi-layered distribution network, the customer presents an ongoing challenge. Insurance marketers are often trying to hit a moving target as they evaluate the secret sauce to customer engagement.

The cyber barbarians are at insurers’ gates—is your data secure?

In a joint letter, trade associations ask Financial Stability Oversight Council to delay rulemaking.

American International Group Inc. announced today that it plans to raise the loss reserves for its Chartis property/casualty business.

Positions eliminated across bancassurance functions including IT and the back office; cut part of a planned slashing of 4,500 total jobs.

Discover Financial Services is buying about $1.1 billion in deposits from the insurer's retail banking arm.

Gartner suggests open source adoption offers companies a competitive advantage; formal policy is key.

Willis Global is intended to bring together Willis' entire array of specialist expertise for the benefit of its clients.

Even robots can make mistakes, but when a human life is involved, who takes the blame?

The Phoenix Cos., Genworth’s U.S. life insurance companies and AXA and Aviva all receive updates

A new report lists the hottest insurers based on yesterday's trading activity.

New survey reveals that insurers are making headway modernizing their legacy systems.

Web-based tool to enable leading managing general agent to replace legacy system.

SunGard's social media surveillance system is designed to monitor and archive content posted to social networking websites.

Mobile browsers, which are readily available and can be supported on any mobile device, may be a better option for insurance IT departments with overstretched resources.

AIR Worldwide estimates that last week's blizzard racked up between $790M - $1.4B in insured losses.

Insurers may want to keep an eye on how banks deal with IT needs in the face of still-lagging profits.

The United States experienced a net gain of 11,800 IT-related jobs in January, according to employment statistics released last week by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The gain, which represents all sectors, plays out to eight straight months of positive job growth in IT labor segments.