Core systems

Kaiser CEO says increase not unexpected based on health care overhaul, points to rising health care costs and insurer profits as contributing factors.

Aetna selected the BENEFITFOCUS Platform to integrate online sales, enrollment and benefits management for Aetna customers.

Technology designed to enable insurance agents to maintain their website and Facebook presence from one location.

Potential acquisition would bring Midwest, East Coast property/casualty business to Nationwide.

Solid-state disks still have a place, but price tag keeping many away, survey states.

A national standard would require organizations to take a proactive approach to securing data, and face criminal actions if willfully withholding information about a breach.

According to a Deloitte report, a position once seen as a “steward” of technology now lies at the forefront of company decision-making and growth.

Health organizations, including insurers, need to update practices and take a more integrated approach to ensure that patient information is safe.

Genworth research: Agents and advisors should change the way they approach their client base and break down the barriers that keep families from obtaining adequate coverage.

Federal testimony on virtualization includes calls for standardization, persistent security questions.

Bruised by the economic crisis, inland marine insurers face heated competition, a retiring workforce and technological challenges.

New report examines how insurers can adopt a centralized approach to avoid system segmentation.

Aetna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealthcare contribute to the launch of a new data-sharing initiative.

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a total of $109 million in grants to 28 states and the District of Columbia.

Insurers Arming Against Piracy

Lloyd’s suffered $1.12 billion in losses on its way to a combined ratio of 113.3 percent.

Company commits to expanding insurance coverage in Haiti, Senegal.

Pike Research: By 2020, adoption and standardization of virtual data environments will push significant greenhouse and energy reductions.

CFOs responding to a recent Towers Watson survey say their companies are increasing both property and casualty rate levels ahead of market increases.

Estimate from Risk Management Solutions excludes power outages and tree-fall damage.