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The Retiree Health Access program will feature Aetna's iTriage and CarePass in an effort to offer ongoing support to navigate the health care system.
March 18 -
A snapshot of Obamacare enrollment in seven states suggests the law hasn't significantly increased competition in health insurance markets.
March 18 -
For many insurers, the road seems to begin with beefing up their data analytics.
March 18
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Smartphone application enables claimants to video chat with an appraiser, which can eliminate the need for an in-person appraisal and shorten payment processing time.
March 17 -
PolicyCenter and BillingCenter expected to help UK auto insurer increase its business agility and speed to market.
March 17 -
Agile can and does work for BI in practice and may be more important for BI than for many other projects. Here are six key approaches that have served as starting points for many BI projects.
March 17 -
Insurer to offer DriveCam safety and compliance program to fleet owners in an effort to improve fleet safety.
March 14 -
Core administration and private portal application intended to help reduce operational costs.
March 14 -
Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have sent letters to every insurer participating in the federal marketplace to request specific enrollment data.
March 14 -
Millions of people may be exempt from the requirement known as the individual mandate under rules issued by the Obama administration.
March 14 -
Public and previously shared data offer potential benefits to consumers and opportunities for service providers to offer value-added services; however consumers' responses range from neutral to negative, Celent says.
March 14 -
AIG taps Peter Fisher's global experience with the regulation of financial services companies, including his work with the Treasury Department undersecretary for domestic finance and at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
March 14 -
The Senate passed H.R. 3370 on a 72-22 vote, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
March 14 -
Partnership contributes to low operational costs and fast turnaround times, insurer says.
March 13 -
Spring is almost here. It is natural for insurers to focus on growth. In the past, the growth cycle was fueled by new products, an expansion of agencies or reaching new geographies. Today’s growth fuel flows in the opposite direction from consumer demand, through the product channels and into product development. The technological wave that has fostered channel development is improving insurer response time and promoting growth if insurers are willing to think transformationally. (For a good definition of transformational thinking vs. legacy thinking, see my first blog.)
March 13
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Risk transfer opportunities just beginning to be realized, Towers Watson says; 90 percent of CFOs surveyed expect to see prices decrease.
March 13 -
Majority of male and female business executives, including 83 from the insurance industry, agree that the most successful employees will be those who can adapt to the changing workplace.
March 13 -
Insurer announces a new chief information officer, chief claims officer, chief risk officer and 30 more corporate officers.
March 13 -
Twenty-three co-ops that now exist nationally - created by the law - have enrolled about 300,000 people in health plans by combining low premiums with a certain homespun appeal.
March 13 -
Oklahoma and Michigan rank highest last year, according to insurance consulting services company Perr&Knight; five-year trend unabated.
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