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Zach McCoy, SVP at Kaplan Compliance, offers four recommendations for insurers currently seeking to adopt business process management.

One plan is to provide services to agents who already have affinity marketing schemes in place.

Senator says he won’t provide 60th vote needed to bring legislation to floor.

S&P changes HUB’s outlook to negative, while A.M. Best affirms American Physicians Insurance Co.’s financial strength and issuer credit ratings.

Data quality and master data management, according to Forrester research, will become critical enablers to support real-time operational and decision-making processes.

Analyst and consulting firm SMA publishes reports that paint a rosy picture of insurers’ IT spend in the coming year.

Carriers have increasingly heard that ease-of-doing-business and technology are the deciding factors for agents when selecting insurers with which to work, but new research shows that unless carriers have a solid product at a competitive price, all the talk is meaningless.

Insurers watch as the bill to create a consumer protection agency, as approved last week, gave almost all authority directly to the agency's director.

Wyncrest's subsidiary, Southwest Financial Group, will write all of McKinley's life insurance policies, which is projected to generate nearly $2 million in additional revenue for Wyncrest.

OakBridge Insurance Services announces new offices in California and Minnesota, as well as two new hires.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office tells federal agencies what property/casualty insurers and reinsurers have been warning for months: Prepare for climate change effects.

While the federal government’s irrational urge to throw money at every problem is sickening, more funding for cyber-security makes a lot of sense, especially for health insurers.

The Hartford and the Connecticut Attorney General reach a settlement stemming from ongoing litigation against Guy Carpenter for orchestrating a series of alleged conspiracies with dozens of reinsurers that illegally inflated costs for insurers and consumers.

White House says it stands by health care reform legislation drafted by Senate Majority Leader Reid.

In a busy 2009, AIR Worldwide has modeled the risk profile for eight securities in North America and Europe, providing cover for such perils as tropical cyclones, earthquakes, extra-tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms and wildfires.

State insurance office publishes pay-as-you-drive policies for insurers.

Firms says cloud computing and advanced analytics will be top investment priorities in 2010.

Reinsurers may reduce writings as a result, warns Towers Perrin

Tropics Software Technologies will support FWCJUA with agency and policy administration systems and support.

Top executives will have compensation slashed under new rules.