Core systems

Demographic shifts and technology demands are creating an increasingly amorphous consumer.

Despite challenges related to regulations and economic conditions, a continued trend of low utilization contributed to strong 2011 operating results, according to A.M. Best.

Insurer selects iPipeline's iGo e-app and Data Services solutions to enable automated processes as well as increased access for producers.

Forrester report outlines a four-year look at the mobility market in terms of proliferation, spending and challenges.

The distracted driving battle goes on, as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposes voluntary steps that would establish new safety criteria for hands-free calling, navigation and entertainment systems in new cars and trucks.

Annuity administration ITO contract worth $25 million extended; virtualized environment to increase flexibility, generate savings.

CNA, Marsh & McLennan and Montpelier Re also among those to release 2011 figures in the past week.

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Insurers see new opportunities, but challenges remain in telematics, GPS strategies.

Great American Insurance Group (GAIG) has entered into a strategic relationship with India-based IT services provider HCL Technologies.

The number of life producers using mobile devices doubled from 2008 to 2010, making mobile tech an imperative if the carrier seeks a competitive advantage, says LIMRA.

Hedge fund manager John Paulson demands that The Hartford Financial Services Group break into two companies; insurer evaluating strategy.

In an increasingly competitive technology vendor market, life insurers are gradually modernizing their policy administration legacy systems.

With the underlying economy likely to remain weak and organic growth hard to come by, the most effective lever for financial success remaining for insurers is to control costs.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has pressed bailed-out insurer American International Group to provide more disclosures on guaranteed interest rates in its life insurance business.

To enhance customer service, P&C carrier will give its 100,000-plus policyholders the option of accessing documents digitally in a secure, central online environment.

Of 18 industries examined in a new survey, P&C and life insurers improved the most from last year; health insurers remain low on the list.

Federal agencies put forth rule requiring insurers to provide explicit information to enrolling consumers.

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