Core systems

The reform bill, which could pass today, should make the Fed a more assertive regulator focused on anticipating the next systemic threat.

A survey shows that 3% of firms were “customer-centric organizations,” while 33% of firms were “customer-oblivious organizations.”

Move follows dispute over sale of Asian life unit.

With Bill Bloom leaving Travelers for ExlService Holdings, the Hartford-based insurer tapped 2008 Women in Insurance Leadership honoree Madelyn Lankton and Elio Lagana to fill the void.

Sales analytics tools offer insurers significant benefits, says Aberdeen.

Ten years out, insurers will experience four significant business shifts that will create new technology trends and transformative opportunities for insurers, notes report.

In an ever-competitive market, long-term viability of Islamic insurance sector supported by growth, profitability.

Annuities deemed not to be securities and will remain under state regulatory purview.

Essent Guaranty says it's lined up $100 million of fresh capital, bringing its total equity commitments to $600 million.

Senate passage may come Thursday after Sen. Nelson's commitment.

The consulting firm announced its 50 top U.S.-based life and health insurer list for the 20th straight year.

The consulting firm announced its 50 top U.S.-based property/casualty insurer list for the 20th straight year.

The Department of Health and Human Services says it wants "well-intentioned providers to become meaningful users of electronic health records."

Last procedural roadblocks blocking landmark legislation are cleared as Sen. Olympia Snowe signals she will back bill.

SunGard, in collaboration with Microsoft and HP, has created a new enterprise risk management (ERM) framework that will help support insurance companies' Solvency II (SII) compliance initiatives. The three companies have identified and packaged in the framework technology components and consulting services (SunGard's iWorks ERM solution, HP's consulting services and infrastructure portfolio, and Microsoft's HPC and SQL servers) that can help insurance customers define and implement a comprehensive ERM technology framework that supports SII requirements, reports SunGard.

Fitch affirms ratings of AIG and CIGNA; Moody's and S&P react to the announcement that Aon plans to acquire Hewitt Associates.

Despite major catastrophes, property/casualty insurers accounted for an after-tax net income of $11.5 billion, report says.

Allegient Systems’ Expense and Reporting Management Suite will provide Southern Pioneer with legal bill review and performance management services.

Claims-handling, licensing and underwriting issues continue to dominate the annual list of market conduct exams.

Both the Property Casualty Insurers of America (PIA) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) hailed a Michigan Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision stating that the Michigan insurance commissioner does not have the authority to arbitrarily ban the use of credit-based information by insurers in pricing and underwriting. The decision, which arose from the Insurance Institute of Michigan, et al v. Commissioner, Michigan Financial and Insurance Services, Department of Labor and Economic Growth, plays forward in positive ways for insureds, notes David Snyder, vice president and associate general counsel of the AIA.