Core systems

Insurers will benefit from “better, cheaper, faster” initiatives tied to hosted services by taking a thoughtful, common sense approach.

J.D. Power and Associates: Kaiser ranks highest in employer satisfaction among fully insured commercial health plans; UnitedHealthcare ranks highest among self-insured commercial health plans.

As information sources continue to grow, Gartner report outlines three topics for matching technology with business interest.

Industry applauds as Roy Woodall is nominated to serve as voting member on board formulating rules regarding systemic risk.

Nearly 60% of Americans aged 50 and older worry about long-term care costs and don’t feel confident that they’ll be able to meet those costs; only 16% feel financially prepared to finance their long-term care, according to Sun Life Financial survey.

IT and business disciplines divided at universities, contributing to shortage of rounded knowledge workers, study finds.

Insurers testify that long-term reauthorization of NFIP is vital.

The bottom line message for insurers and others in IT is to better manage cost controls, customers and efficiencies in supply chains help to meet business needs.

manager job descriptions altering from traditional infrastructure focus to being business agile and innovative, says new study.

The Netezza release is specifically meant to tackle growing data sets from regulatory and compliance requirements in industries such as banking, insurance, health care and communications.

Allstate Files Million-Dollar Insurance Fraud Case in New York

The big economic question of the day has major implications for sellers of annuities.

Low market valuations of insurance, high levels of caution drivers behind lack of consolidation

At IIS seminar, attendees express confidence in their ability to make use of growing sets of data and penetrate new markets.

At IIS seminar, attendees express confidence in their ability to make use of growing sets of data and penetrate new markets.

Sales of motor scooters jumped almost 50% for the first three months of 2011.

Discoverture Solutions to implement homeowners, commercial lines products.

Financial literacy program key to attracting talent to insurance industry.

Net losses on underwriting grew to $4.5 billion in first-quarter 2011, contributing to the quarter’s net income drop to $7.8 billion

In light of growing cyber attacks against insurers and others, companies need to better defend their network perimeter, and resiliently produce swift recovery if an attack occurs.