Core systems

Low inflation and interest rates, as well as static cost drivers, have helped stabilize claim costs; workers’ comp and product liability among weakest segments.

Vehicle thefts are projected to increase 1.3 percent year-over-year, breaking an eight-year run of declines, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Materials on the site include a health care reform communications toolkit that provides employers with resources to help them meet their October 1 deadline.

Looming tax increases drove more deals last year, according to Optis report; now sellers are deferring as inventory declines in an effort to recoup some of the tax increases.

The Beaver Creek fire has consumed more than 100,000 acres and remains only 9 percent contained.

Workers' comp insurer looks to increase customer satisfaction, by offering more communications options, and operational efficiencies through platform standardization.

A new platform that enables improved collaboration, integration and data capturing is yielding impressive results after initial implementation.

Zurich Insurance said operating profit declined 18 percent after floods in central Europe in May and June cost about $140 million.

The Union of Concerned Scientists issue a list of suggested revisions in light of increasing costs and risks.

Luis Chapana hired in an effort to expand the firm's Latin American coverage.

CEOs and other senior executives are increasingly engaged as their companies step up efforts to build digital enterprises.

Aetna has dropped plans to offer health policies through the insurance exchanges in Ohio and its home state of Connecticut, the company revealed last week.

Federal officials now will allow some insurers to wait until 2015 to comply with the consumer protection.

Because CIOs are positioned at the nexus of the information flowing into and out of the company, the rise of big data provides them with a unique opportunity to demonstrate their strategic importance, according to Ernst & Young.

Specialty insurer to consolidate underwriting, policy administration, rating and billing in an attempt to improve scalability and lower expenses.

With inland marine and commercial output lines live, insurer says it will expand its use of the application.

Banks and insurers are to be treated equally when it comes to resolving systemically important financial institutions.

Despite a drop in net income, which was partially caused by faltering underwriting incomes, captives’ surplus grew by $1.39 billion.

Owners of captive insurance companies tightened margins and used capital more efficiently in 2012, according to a new A.M. Best financials report on the industry. Over the longer term, the five-year combined ratio for the captive composite of 92.3 compares extremely favorably with the commercial casualty composite of 103.3.

OneClaim was created, implemented and launched in just 10 months, saving the P&C insurer a projected $108 million in the first year.