Core systems

Rating firm says insurers should not “model shop” to downplay exposures.

LIMRA pronounces a $17.5-trillion gap in the life insurance U.S. households currently own versus what they claim to need.

ICA expects new business and policy administration systems to "revolutionize" the way it does business.

Many companies will focus on variable pay as a way to bump salaries in 2012.

Insurers face delays in Fed's determination of how to regulate "nonbank financial institutions" deemed systemically important.

TMM hopes for significant cost savings and a one-year ROI as a result of RapidSure implementation.

Findings on trends and adoption of collaboration, community and productivity from Saugatuck Technology in partnership with Information Management.

Based on data from 88 insurance company state filings, report reveals that the industry is still largely unprepared to deal with the wide-ranging economic risks posed by climate change.

Insurers are facing a crossroads at the intersection of “social” and “media,” with its next iteration anything but business as usual, says expert in new media.

New report from Swiss Re says insurers need to employ new, forward-looking types of modeling to better understand implications of increasing life expectancy.

Allstate report notes Fort Collins, Colo. as having the safest drivers in the country for second year in a row.

J.D. Powers latest report reveals policyholders with flood insurance less satisfied than those who opt not to carry it; Amica takes top spot in overall customer satisfaction.

Enterprise IP telephony software shows early signs of improving customer service and employee productivity.

Software and services vendor increases availability for overseeing cloud implementations by opening a new delivery center in North America.

Fitch Ratings and A.M. Best don’t expect significant ratings changes as a result of the losses.

The first series of services in its Breezeway collection, designed to provide virtual agents with a desktop application that supports e-mail, collaboration, electronic new business application management and e-signature.

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act will present insurers with technology and operational challenges, according to PwC.

Allstate, State Farm issue information, advice to policyholders affected by Hurricane Irene.

While coastal wind damage is less than expected, inland flooding wreaks havoc in Northeast.

AT&T to assist the insurer in creating an application to provide policyholders with on-the-go services.