Core systems

Board members should raise nine critical questions when discussing technology strategy with IT and business managers.

Specialty insurance unit now has people in Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta after bringing on staff from insurers including AIG and CNA, according to former AIG executive.

Insurer invests in an attempt to combine data from several entities for accurate, consolidated data view.

CIOs are in no hurry to hire new staff over the next 12 months, according to Janco Associates.

Additional services such as grief counseling and coverage coordination result in more business, recommendations and positive perception, according to LIMRA survey.

Life insurer to use Elixir North America’s policy administration system, new business and underwriting solutions.

General liability is most likely to be purchased online, workers’ comp is the least likely, according to a new study from Deloitte; majority of shoppers expect modest discounts.

Latest version could enable producers to purchase supplemental coverage; bill moves onto the U.S. House of Representatives next week.

Towers Watson survey finds prices overall have been increasing for 9 consecutive quarters.

United Fire Group has selected the Jarus Mobile solution for the implementation of self-service mobile applications for its agents and policyholders.

The Affordable Care Act has had the unintended effect of boosting developing private exchanges markets where uninsured consumers compare and purchase high-deductible health insurance plans (HDHPs), according to Aite Group. As a result, the U.S. has 75 million HDHP consumers who have a serious reason to be more price-sensitive than traditionally insured consumers, the research firm said in its report, “Transparency in Healthcare: A New Market.”

Osterman Research outlines five basic guidelines for long-term management of archived information that, while not comprehensive, aim at keeping organizations covered from risk and working with data during transitions.

The Association of Professional Insurance Women recognized the Guy Carpenter & Company LLC Global Chief Economist & Risk Strategist at an award ceremony on Tuesday, June 4.

ABI Research outlines radical changes to the auto insurance industry in a new report.

Low interest rates continue to weigh on the annuity industry, but sales of deferred income annuities increased 150 percent compared to last year and set a fifth-consecutive record high in Q1 2013, according to the “Beacon Research Fixed Annuity Premium Study.” Overall, income annuity sales grew 1.4 percent year-over-year.

Insurer elects to use Decision Research Corp. software platform designed to integrate with CIG's legacy policy administration system.

Insurance IT execs and service company leaders sound off on what drives companies to hire third parties and how to make the relationship work best.

In MarketScout’s rate barometer, commercial rate growth holds steady for the third month in a row.

Tornado season peaked in the last two weeks of the May, with several tornado-producing storm systems.

Software deals among all insurers show year-over-year growth in 2012 after three years of slight declines, according to a set of new reports from Celent.