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KBW: P&C Insurers’ Operating Earnings to Improve Modestly in 2014

All told, 364,682 people in two months selected an insurer using the federal and state exchanges created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Health insurance exchanges, however, are adding uncertainty around enrollment and profitability, the agency said.

Rate increases slowing, though trend persists, MarketScout says.

There’s no way to tell how many people have successfully signed up for health insurance through the exchange, as 1 in 4 enrollments sent to insurers had garbled or incomplete information.

Big data, analytics and enterprise applications will continue to drive software spending growth into 2017, according to a new report from IT research firm International Data Corp.

Stabilizing global economy and gradually rising interest rates are favorable, according to Moody’s.

Insurer to deploy P&C software suite to streamline product development.

Only USAA, GEICO and two other large insurers qualified for a list of longer-term profitable and growing carriers. Leaders also tend toward specialization and use independent agents, according to a report from Conning.

AMI goes live with policy administration, billing and claims solutions for motor vehicle lines of business.

Insurer chooses SIMS Claims to manage claims within its commercial insurance programs, including property, liability, commercial auto and workers’ compensation.

Fitch: Bypassing healthcare.gov An Unlikely Positive for U.S. Insurers

A team of agency staff, software contractors and insurers is working on fixing the enrollment reports, known in the industry as 834 forms, said tCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokeswoman.

The chief obstacle for health insurers is essentially a lack of insight into who’s enrolling in their HIX plans, says an independent merchant bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring and principal investing services in the health care industry.

The lack of hurricanes in the Atlantic will result in a low double-digit decline in pricing for 2014 renewals, Fitch said.

Proposed legislation is said to streamline claims settlement process.

The website’s software initially prevented Social Security numbers from being included in data sent to insurers, blocking complete enrollments in health plans. A fix announced yesterday will end 80 percent of those errors.

The EVP, Corporate & Public Affairs, shares her thoughts about challenges women in the industry face and what she, as a leader within the organization, thinks about when making important business decisions.

Many organizations must face a troubling fact: Defending their digital perimeter is not enough. They should assume that successful cyberattacks will occur—and develop an effective plan to mitigate the impact.

Drivers in emerging markets are twice as likely to buy a car based on in-vehicle technology options than vehicle performance, according to Accenture report.