Core systems

Using newly created tactics, Liberty Mutual has been able to have many of Progressive's patent claims cancelled, an important step in fending off the infringement case Progressive has filed against it and other insurers.

Attention should now turn to the quality of coverage Obamacare enrollees receive, their access to medical services and insurer preparations for 2015.

Atlas will provide cloud-based rating, underwriting, policy administration and other applications to the specialty insurer.

The general IT spending ratio range of 2-4 percent still holds; more benchmarking data in Novarica’s recent report.

Annual awards are based on 3,835 customer scores and rankings for 15 auto, home, health and 14 life insurers.

P&C insurer looks to BillingCenter for oversight of billing operations, including agency and direct bill, across all of its lines of business.

Insurer's technology unit, credited with helping fix the broken federal insurance website, is increasingly being used by state officials to salvage their troubled exchanges.

Leaders from Aflac, Northwestern Mutual and Prudential Group were selected from hundreds of nominations.

To improve customer satisfaction, accuracy and cycle time for weather-related claims, the insurer integrated Verisk’s data and analytics capabilities into its estimating application.

Carriers, including Safeco Insurance, are joining an effort to increase the online presence of individual agents and bolster awareness of the independent agency channel as a whole.

The White House said Thursday that 6 million people have signed up for private health insurance plans through the federal and state marketplaces, hitting the administration’s lowered goal, which was originally 7 million.

Decision could clear hurdles for smaller insurers to enter UBI market, industry experts say.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that a box is being added to the enrollment process that consumers can click to indicate they started the sign-up process before the March 31 deadline.

Market conduct exams, privacy and data protection rank at the top of insurers' regulatory concerns, according to a recent survey.

Recognition of IT's strategic importance is growing, but so is dissatisfaction with its effectiveness, according to our eighth annual survey on business and technology strategy.

"If consumers are in line on the 31st and can’t finish, we won’t shut the door on them," says U.S. Health and Human Services Department spokeswoman.

The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, which ran from June through November, was the first since 1994 with no major storms.

Insurer's statement on next year’s rates startled some analysts, while others said the company may be hedging bets as the Obama administration continually changes the rules on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Having established core capabilities last year, chief risk officers now are focused on making core processes and tools work better, according to Ernst & Young survey.

New analysis of off-exchange enrollment data shows percentage of younger people enrolling at eHealth and uninsureds shopping for coverage this quarter are trending up and average premiums trending downward.