Core systems

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services did not believe CGI Federal, its former Healthcare.gov contractor, could complete its work on the site in time, and thus selected Accenture as the new contractor with a no-bid $90 million-plus contract, according to documents.

Insurer is looking at new distribution deals, particularly in Malaysia, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil.

Women-led life insurer awards $106K to 72 recipients in an effort to change their lives and transform their communities.

Barbara Koster currently serves as senior VP, CIO for Prudential.

Insurers are shifting their outsourcing dollars to adding new capabilities and infrastructure, and away from application development and maintenance.

The investment bank, which specializes in the financial services sector, finds varying results for the life and P&C sectors.

LOGiQ³ Receives Letters of Intent From Four Carriers

CEO says there’s less business going into the reinsurance market, and there’s more appetite from both traditional players and newcomers.

‘Millennial Meterologists’ to highlight how Big Data is transformed into actionable solutions.

Obamacare has always depended, both operationally and politically, on an alliance between the administration and insurance companies. But that alliance is vulnerable.

Net income rose to $988 million, or $2.70 a share, from $304 million, or 78 cents, a year earlier.

Tropics completes conversion, implementation of policy, billing and claims software.

Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Chairman Rep. says we “must assume that website is still vulnerable and Americans may have [personally identifiable information] hacked and taken.”

Skewed HIX Enrollment: 2 Big Challenges for Health Insurers

Novel and more accessible forms of information from government and private sources represent a new and rapidly growing piece of the big-data puzzle.

While only three insurers make the list, their ranks improve from last year.

CANATICS Selects BAE Systems Detica

Nearly all insurers also expect Congress will reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, according to I.I.I. survey, which revealed deeply divided economic outlooks.

UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, said earnings rose 15 percent, boosted by growth in its Optum technology business as well as enrollment gains.

Many will stop selling universal life with secondary guarantees and half expect to make major design and pricing changes; CFOs to make only moderate changes to staffing levels despite lack of in-house talent.