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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.

More than two years after convictions, five former insurance execs take arguments to 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

New data indicates growth in premiums written and net investment income, with sizable after-tax realized capital gains offsetting net underwriting losses.

John Bowman argued that Dodd-Frank made his agency the scapegoat for the financial crisis, could spell doom for the thrift charter.

Markets will pick up 4.5% in the coming year, which would be a return to 2008 levels, Ovum predicts.

Customers tend to be loyal to their insurers, but policy retention rates vary, J.D. Power auto insurance satisfaction study reveals.

Data collection underway to uncover the role technology plays in U.S. life insurers’ response to increased competition here and abroad.

While fatalities are down, more can be done to prevent injuries and fatalities, report says.

IVANS says Transformation Station will boost EMCs’ sales by enabling more frequent quoting by agents and faster response to customers.

Company says it’s gearing up for IPO.

Insurers may want keep tabs on advancements in the mobile payment realm.