Compliance

Much like how SOX spurred IT spend at the beginning of the last decade, the federal health care reform law is sparking a similar trend.

A year ago today, as President Obama signed the landmark Affordable Care Act into law, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) probably did not envision being in the center of a firestorm over its ultimate governance. But state regulators in Texas this week and next for the NAIC’s 2011 Spring Annual Meeting are indeed finding their industry-related activities under question from a consumers’ group.

The Group of North American Insurance Enterprises exclusively focuses on accounting and solvency issues.

Insurers may openly welcome Obama’s pick for FIO chief, but risks remain in the rule-making process.

Michael McRaith was picked by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to run the newly created office.

Troubles are mounting for the health insurer over loss of several server drives containing enrollee and employee information.

Economic, compliance and geopolitical risks are top of mind at ERM symposium.

The 5-member panel would replace the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, a position that is yet to be filled.

Aflac’s situation with comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s Twitter comments about the Japanese disaster has shown that insurers must develop well-defined and well-communicated social media usage policies.

Preemption experts say the reg reform law left preemption largely untouched despite ambiguous language that consumer advocates and others see as weakening it.

With mobile computing, employees in the field can access executive dashboards or alerts that impart streams of critical information.

Three insurers representing PCI, NAMIC and the Big I testify before Congress calling for reformation of the National Flood Insurance Program.

Software platform designed to enable process control, information management and compliance functions.

House Republicans sent a letter to regulators saying that businesses and consumers are "stymied" by a number of factors and urged them not to rush rulemaking.

A new report says the economy will continue to stall growth in insurance, and points to technology as the competitive differentiator, yet IT budgets are not increasing significantly.

Last year, Assurant collected roughly $2.7 billion of premiums through its specialty insurance division, making force-placed insurance the company's most profitable segment.

French insurance CIOs divinations proving true; the nation's pending tax reforms could impact the life insurance industry for years to come.

Gartner offers tips for buyer protection in cloud contracts.

INN recalls accomplishments of past honorees, sets date for new meeting.

Insurance leads banking in finding new ways to vet securities.