Core systems

On Dec. 23 alone, the healthcare.gov website supported as many as 83,000 users at the same time.

As the federal health-insurance exchange finds its footing, some state-run exchanges now are struggling with technology delays and low sign-up levels.

The extension was announced as healthcare.gov yesterday experienced a single-day record number of visits and consumers were moved into a queuing system deployed when the website approaches 50,000 simultaneous users.

Retirement Income Clearing Calculator to provide for choice, portability of guaranteed retirement income options.

The mortgage insurer selected InsuranceSuite as its platform for underwriting, rating and policy administration, claims management and billing.

Growth in premium and drop in losses results in an improved combined ratio of 95.8 percent for nine-months 2013 from 100.7 percent for nine-months 2012.

Kaiser Permanente will allow late payment for exchange plans but isn’t changing other policies in response to the government’s request, and WellPoint says its continuity-of-care policies will allow customers “to continue receiving care from an out-of-network provider for a specified period of time.”

Solutions selected to help insurer meet growth, audience expansion objectives.

P&C Insurers Look to Data and Analytics for Growth in 2014

Telematics, predictive modeling, leadership and security all were among topics of interest in 2013.

Freestone Selects PCIS Platform

Verint Provides Workforce Optimization Solutions

State-Run HIX: Enrollment Up To 40% Higher Week-Over-Week

ACA Premium Deadline Extended 10 days by Insurers

The benefits of fact-based decision-making are clear to business managers in a broad range of disciplines, according to Gartner.

Despite tornadoes in the United States, flooding and hail in Europe and Typhoon Haiyan, in terms of insured losses, Swiss Re finds it was a comparatively moderate year.

The former Microsoft Corp. executive takes over as head of the effort to improve the federal health exchange.

The insurer has held talks with investment banks about a possible sale of its corporate-owned life-insurance unit, which could fetch around $200 million, according sources close to the matter.

Intact Financial Selects Guidewire Billing

In the past 12 months, GEICO has booked $18.11 billion in direct premiums, surpassing Allstate as second largest private auto insurer, according to SNL Financial.