Core systems

As workers hope to prevent income shortages throughout retirement, insurers turn to new mediums to provide new advice.

While almost half of respondents to a recent survey emphasize that a prolonged low interest rate environment is the greatest threat to their business, 71 percent expect increases in new life and annuity premiums of 4 percent or more in the first quarter of 2012.

Principles intended to provide a framework that aligns investment objectives with the values of society at large.

Insurer also picks up agent self-service and electronic billing software.

Annual report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau outlines the downward trend in thefts as well as the 10 areas with the most vehicle thefts per capita.

Second annual StoneRiver survey indicates a lack of enterprise risk management, readiness for changing regulatory climate.

In the report, entitled “Data Agility: Turning a Liability into an Asset,” Tabb assesses spending and implementation plans at financial firms, and their ramifications with enterprise information sharing and distribution. Tabb found that spending on internal resources will drop to 39 percent of the overall IT budget by 2014, reflecting a 5-percent decline from 2012 and a 27 percent decrease since 2000.

Payment error decreased nearly 10 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to the American Medical Association's fifth annual National Health Insurer Report Card.

Research using the websites of State Farm, Allstate, Progressive and GEICO indicates good drivers who live in moderate-income areas are being quoted higher prices for auto insurance, and rates vary widely across providers.

For the third year in a row, USAA takes the No. 1 spot, while 10 other insurers receive mention in Computerworld’s 100 Best Places to Work in IT.

Professionals agree that predictive modeling has changed the way policies are priced, but what other potential does it have and where does this leave actuaries?

A new report from Celent offers an updated regulatory roadmap and guidance for a systems assessment.

In conjunction with the company’s 20th anniversary, Vertafore recently announced three updates to its ImageRight software. The product enhancements include a new user interface and an added emphasis on collaboration and interoperability.

Encrypting, educating and purchasing cyber-liability insurance are just a few recommendations from ID Experts.

Several announcements this week culminate with the release of Mobile Application Management software.

Carrier's implementation of broker connectivity solution from iter8 expands an eight-year partnership between the two companies.

Claims Stream and Customer Stream products are designed to enable web-based, automated operations.

Chairman Jon Ansell and Beth Godlin, CEO, to lead new Fusion Co.

Despite indications that the segment has reached a cyclical bottom, 2011 combined ratio of 117 percent is the worst of any commercial lines segment.

Mobile and microfinance are just two of the technologies transforming financial services, according to recent report.