Core systems

Parts of the Obamacare enrollment system used to pay insurers are being pushed back from January in the latest technology delay for the president’s U.S. health care overhaul.

Zurich CEO predicts a "big impactful cyber event that will occur over the next couple of decades" and says designing policies for attacks that could shut down power systems or stop a city’s transportation network is more than challenging.

Swiss Re Selects Wolters Kluwer Financial Services

The importance, role and functionality of data centers will change over the next five years, leaving many organizations uncertain about how to plan their future data center architectures, according to Gartner.

The Evolution of Insurance Telematics

Insurers' 4 Most Promising Tech Initiatives

Consumers can now sign up for health coverage as late as December 23, for policies that would begin January 1.

Lewis was non-executive chairman of Mayfield Village, Ohio- based Progressive, co-founded by his father Joe Lewis in 1937, and was succeeded by Renwick as CEO in 2000

CEO Glenn Renwick is taking on the additional role of chairman after the death of Peter Lewis, who previously led the board.

Insurers will have eight days, including the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day holidays, to prepare bills for any consumers who signed up on the last day of the newly extended deadline.

The SaaS-delivered software is designed to increase automation and handle all future core administrative needs.

Steps for Insurers to Address the Aging IT Workforce

California, which has now enrolled almost 80,000 people in health plans, is joining New York, Washington, Minnesota, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island in refusing Obama’s call to ask insurers to extend canceled plans for a year.

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As insured loss estimates begin to emerge, State Farm, American Family Insurance and others are leveraging technology at the disaster zones to help customers file claims and schedule inspections.

Only three of Moody’s 19 rated companies reported lower operating earnings in Q3 2013 compared to the prior year.

California, Texas and Colorado are at the top of the list due to the number of households, but another state has the highest percentage of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire.

“This meeting has not been discussed in any meaningful way with the entire membership of the NAIC nor have we worked to build consensus among the members on what our positions will be,” six absent state commissioners wrote in a letter.

Swiss Re, the world’s second-largest reinsurer, said in an e-mailed statement today that it will buy a 4.9-percent stake in New China Life for $493 million.

Reform measures do not need to be delayed while attempting to address the affordability of coverage for policyholders, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.