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Several forecasts predict four major hurricanes and 10 or more total.

Upgrade designed to enable the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to track hierarchy, multiple program locations and divisions across all lines of business.

Thirteen insurers join amidst speculation that rates are going to skyrocket in the most-populous U.S. state when exchange enrollment begins on October 1.

Few companies are trying to build community among employees through social tools, and those that do are not impressed.

Insurer looks to use analytics for its $3.5 billion investment portfolio.

Partnership made in anticipation of integration with Vermont Health Connect, the state's health insurance exchange.

The latest damage reports from Monday’s EF-5 tornado solidify speculation it will rank among the most damaging in U.S. history.

New report from Strategy Meets Action outlines the transformation currently underway for portals, underlining the importance of building a robust enterprise-portal-technology platform.

LIMRA finds indexed annuity sales at lowest point in two years; though deferred income annuities sales increased 174 percent.

J.D. Power report ranks auto insurers' websites on shopping and self-service, and finds that web-usability trumps price among customers.

Mobility has moved from being a business convenience to an opportunity over the past two years, and insurers are turning to customer service to take advantage of that.

Smaller U.S. insurers with overseas parent companies are unlikely to be targeted by FSOC; American Council of Life Insurers defends foreign nonbank financial companies.

Kansas-based agency aims to increase operational efficiency with a unified software platform across all locations.

Certus' construction, property/casualty examiners will handle legal, coverage matters for the insurer's construction defect claims.

PCI applauds the passing of "No Play, No Pay" and Workers’ Comp Reform in Missouri; new legislation also permits electronic proof of insurance for consumers.

Moore, Okla., suffered $1.4 billion in damages from a 1999 tornado; experts predict yesterday’s EF-4 will result in similar figures.

Although risk management is important among companies concerned with regulatory pressure, few maintain a clearly defined risk appetite and reward adherence to it.

Research from Conning attributes improvement to increasing premiums and reduction in incurred losses.

Mortgage insurers are gaining attention after operating income doubled in the first quarter of 2013 while loan delinquencies continued to decline.

Now in its eighth year, INN's Women in Insurance Leadership program has detailed the extraordinary efforts of more than 60 professionals whose leadership has set the standard for the application of technology in the insurance business.