Core systems

Exigen Insurance Solutions, a provider of core solutions, introduced at this week’s IASA conference an International Business Insurance product designed to give insurers operating in global markets greater product flexibility and agility.

Industry-wide first quarter annuity sales reached $53.1 billion, which is down about 2.5 percent from $54.5 billion the previous quarter, according to the Insured Retirement Institute.

A new report from Novarica anticipates a widening analytics gap between large and mid-sized insurers.

The MarketScout report for May outlines upward adjustments for both personal and commercial lines.

A dynamic atmosphere prevailed at an IASA technology session as insurers debated the challenges and possibilities of innovation.

Students from St. John's University, University of Wisconsin, University of Central Arkansas, East Carolina University and five other schools were named recipients of the 3rd annual program.

CloudProtect designed to reimburse losses due to the failures of cloud service providers.

Illustration Integrator is designed to provide Southern Farm Bureau’s agents illustrations with iGO e-App to deliver a unified selling experience, according to iPipeline. Agents will leverage their existing e-signature solution, in a combined signing process, for the illustration and e-application along with e-submission.

Continued slow economic growth places a new priority on servicing distribution channels and improving service to agents, according to a new report.

Allstate, Esurance, GEICO and Travelers perform well in J.D. Power insurance website shopper satisfaction study.

Aragon Research forecasts extinction for most paper documents.

Four other insurers also recognized for making their content accessible and understandable to consumers.

Jackson to pay $621 million in cash for SRLC America Holding Corp.

Non-traditional and non-insurance activities and interconnectedness categories to weigh more in determining global systemically important insurers.

For employers, HRI says the net impact of the 2012 increase could be as low as 5.5 percent after accounting for changes in benefit design by purchasers. For health insurers, the decrease in spending and costs may be an opportunity to recoup expenses from the decreasing margins of previous years.

Celent, Novarica and Strategy Meets Action garner top spots in 2nd annual insurance technology analyst survey.

Valen’s predictive analytics product designed to enable underwriters to score policies on two fronts.

With one day left until National Flood Insurance Program expires, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a 60-day extension last night, acting quickly on the Senate’s approval of the measure last Friday.

While many companies have invested in financial reporting systems, much of the investment has been ad hoc, leading to ineffective solutions and a lack of visibility, quality and confidence in financial data, new report states.

Onboard connectivity monitors and communicates mileage to insurer.