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Former ACLI head and soon-to-be American Bankers Association chief pledges to take a bipartisan approach when he takes office in January.

S&P revised its outlook on Allstate from to stable from negative, Moody’s affirms Gen Re, Fitch affirms Humana, A.M. Best upgrades Zurich and its subsidiaries.

Many in financial services worried the term will give the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau license to crack down wherever it sees fit.

Overall mobile worker preferences and behavioral characteristics across age groups and geographies are actually quite similar, making the cross-generational tech chasm in the workplace a falsehood. Such are the findings of a quarterly Mobile Workforce Report issued by Redwood Shores, Calif.-based iPass Inc., a provider of enterprise mobility services.

New Celent report charts the evolution of underwriting systems for life insurers.

Willis Re has established a long-term relationship to develop solutions for risk scenarios using services from SpatialKey, a provider of SaaS-based location intelligence technology. The reinsurance broker will use SpatialKey to help its insurance clients better assess the composition of their portfolios and identify their exposure to natural and man-made hazards, including hurricanes, terrorism, tornados, and wildfires, the solution provider says.

Insurers express concern as amount they spend on medical care is now dictated by HHS regulations.

Despite the abundant risks facing U.S. property/casualty carriers these days, exposure to municipal bond losses is one that shouldn’t be keeping insurers up at night.

More than 50% of health providers surveyed expect to increase their IT spend, says Beacon Partners.

Robert Wood Johnson report offers modeling approaches for states analyzing what their health insurance exchange should be.

BlueWave Technology, a provider of claims management solutions, and SpeedBuilder Systems LLC, a policy administration solution provider, announced a strategic marketing and technology agreement.

New report says estate tax confusion and legacy systems are major challenges for the industry in the year ahead.

The mutual insurer will implement CSC's systems for its life and personal and commercial P&C lines of business.

Marshall & Swift/Boeckh to provide cost information for estimating property claims.

With a firm foundation for cloud computing laid in 2010, Forrester analysts predicts 2011 will be a landmark year for technology.

Banks seeking laundry list of carve-outs that would give financial institutions so many exceptions from the rule that it might as well not exist at all.

While purchasing property insurance online is still in its infancy compared to the auto insurance market, the time is ripe to increase property quotes and purchases.

CEO Kelly predicts “opportunities” for a share sale.

Moody's says the industry regained some of the ground it lost in early 2009.

Critics pounce on $86 million insurers gave to Chamber of Commerce to fight health care reform.