Core systems

NAIC Commends States on Surplus Lines Initiative

PCI Lists Worst Cities, States for Towing

Reinsurance Industry and Social Media: An Oxymoron?

Willis Re says some reinsurers are starting to reposition themselves after run of natural catastrophes.

Carrier launches disaster microsite to help its commercial lines customers prepare for hurricane season.

Business Intelligence Tools – Going Global

Tropical Storm Arlene brings heavy rains, threat of mudslides, to Mexico.

British drivers participating in a survey would rather purchase a policy online versus over the phone or through a broker.

Brits Confident in Insurance Purchases Online

Worldwide, public cloud services are growing four times the rate of overall IT spending, notes Gartner.

With home prices still depressed and the FHA's grip on the market for low-down payment loans still firm, mortgage insurers are stuck in the same rut they were a year and a half ago.

Microsoft Moves Office to the Cloud

J.D. Power research also finds unbundled customers happier with insurance offerings.

Model intended to help insurers quantify the risk of wind and related flood loss in China and Hong Kong

Study estimates insurers will manage 50 times more data and 75 times more files in next decade.

Economic conditions lead middle-income baby boomers to reevaluate plans, with more women than men saying income now inadequate to pursue retirement.

Actuaries propose metrics as regulators here and abroad work to determine which companies pose a systemic risk.

A rapidly growing focus on “in-app purchasing” will help insurers better engage their mobile customers.

Questionable claims rose 23% from 2008 to 2010; California, Florida, Texas, New York and Michigan generated 49% of those.

While mutual fund companies in general are not embracing mobile technologies to the degree that banks, credit cards and self-directed brokerages are TIAA-CREF and Vanguard stand out in terms of offering research and trades via mobile devices, according to Corporate Insight.