Core systems

EWI Risk Services says the long-term potential impact of the disaster on the D&O market is in the range of $250 to $500 million.

Results of vendor-sponsored survey show decreased collaboration and e-discovery investment since 2009.

The committee still has to tackle issues surrounding derivatives oversight, consumer protection, interchange fee regulation and risk retention.

Mitchell’s WorkCenter is designed to provide assignment, repairable estimating, total loss valuation, review/audit, repair management and reporting.

Celent report says Asian insurers will spend 1% to 3% of premium on IT in 2010.

New preparedness standards for private sector draw praise from risk managers.

B&L's insurance companies will use SIMS Claims to replace multiple legacy systems and optimize IT and claims operations.

The committee agreed to scale back a provision that would eliminate the use of trust-preferred securities as Tier 1 capital.

To reduce costs, carriers employed a variety of methods from increasing the employee portion of the premium to increasing deductible levels.

Lapses in insurance-related programs persist as legislators wrangle.

Gartner lists best practices for re-evaluating software-as-a-service in your organization.

Quickfill, intended for use with personal lines auto and property and commercial property insurance, is designed to populate results from 34 of ISO’s databases.

Life insurers back annuities legislation in testimony before Committee.

The investigation by U.S. market regulators into American International Group’s executives is closed, Reuters reports.

Insurers being swept up in the current iPhone furor may want to watch as mobile banking customers continue to clamor for Android apps that still aren't available.

Moody’s and S&P react to Marsh McLennan’s Mercer subsidiary settlement, and to Lincoln National’s capital plan related to its TARP repayment.

Federal judge U.S. District Court Judge Janet Hall gave preliminary approval to a settlement under which The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will pay $72.5 million to a group of claimants alleging the insurer engaged in fraudulent practices in settling various injury claims.

IIABA weighs in on creation of federal insurance regulator as conference committee finalizes details of financial services reform.

As European insurers brace for changes to the way they calculate risk and capital, a new report assesses vendor offerings.

AMA members say insurers are making progress, but processing costs are on the rise due to errors, underpaid, overpaid or incorrectly unpaid claims.