Core systems

Malpractice costs and tort environment are major considerations in decisions to locate and invest, finds Aon analysis.

Security emphasized in the National Institute of Standards and Technology's first set of mobility and management best practices.

With an eye on improved reliability, insurer turns to mobile security company Keynote DeviceAnywhere.

Q2 Confused.com/Towers Watson Car Insurance Price Index also finds personal injury claims jump 18 percent.

AIA Group also plans to enter a bid today before the deadline passes.

Latest version aims to enable quicker document creation and time-to-market for new products.

While the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) attempts to begin its work with the release of the office’s first report pending, Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to FIO Director Michael McRaith seeking more defined jurisdictions for the FIO and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

BillingCenter to handle both direct and agency billing for Penn National and will be deployed for all lines of business.

Software delivers rating and analytics information to product managers and actuaries.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is shaking up the Medicaid market as insurers look to scoop up the business that states are trying to shed.

Insurance is labeled an early adopter of social media in a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), titled “2012 U.S. Social Media Trends by Vertical.” The banking industry was cited as being a late adopter.

Big data may be getting all of the hype right now, but its data warehousing platforms and analytics tools and applications that are racking up double-digit market growth, according to a new quarterly industry assessment from IDC.

Although overall activity in the annuity market has been down over the past 13 months, inflows in May increased by slightly more than 1% to $7.5 billion from $7.4 billion in April, according to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.

While the adoption of mobile standards is rising fast, it is critical for strategy and development teams to discount the hype, take a comprehensive view of where mobile apps are currently and chart a direction that recognizes that fast changes in the mobile market are inevitable, according to the “Mobile Strategies: State of Mobile Apps 2012” survey, from MGI Research.

Despite increase, quarterly numbers show easing growth, according to index.

Talks could align Freddie's policies with reforms proposed by Fannie.

Novarica finds a lack of social media policies, which increases risk and limits opportunities.

2012 global IT spending projections increase slightly, but still lower than pre-recession levels.

On-Demand SAAS-based agency management system now used for P&C operations.

New briefing from Guy Carpenter offers analysis of global reinsurance market, update on P&C market and trends in life, accident, health and loss warranty markets.