Core systems

Carriers need to spend to optimize current business processes while simultaneously laying the foundation for future growth.

Only half of insurance CEOs surveyed believe their companies are adequately prepared to successfully navigate complex, uncertain business environment, an IBM study says.

Insurers focused on expanding relationships with existing technology solution providers.

Fitch affirms Markel, S&P revises outlook on Mutual of Omaha and A.M. Best affirms Unitrin ratings.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, the No. 2 Democrat on the Agriculture Committee, was named as a conferee instead of Sen. Mark Warner.

INN’s 2010 Vanguards in Insurance Practices Awards represent true votes of confidence by insurers who rate the value provided by technology solution providers.

Bank-owned life insurance assets totaled $134.6 billion in 2009, up 0.6% from 2009, says new report.

Reform passage means a federal insurance regulator is on the horizon.

Early disclosures include only property losses, affecting earnings rather than capital; no rating changes currently expected.

The Software-as-a-Service analytics program is intended to serve the property/casualty industry.

Commercial lines market to remain stable, but concerns over natural catastrophes, and volatile political and economic environments persist, according to new report.

Industry cautiously optimistic as Senate passes financial services overhaul.

The bill must now be reconciled with the House version.

Gartner study shows the IT marketplace is still operating in a cost-optimization mode.

The successful cloture vote means senators have a maximum of 30 hours to debate the bill.

What do annuity sales and base runners have in common? Both continue to slide.

IBM and Accenture are the front runners, with other major players steps behind, says new report.

For a bill that has already seen its fair share of fits and starts, regulatory reform legislation hit a wall Wednesday as it failed a key procedural vote in the Senate.

Insurers watch as the amendment could affect use credit scores for underwriting.

Agency adjusts the guidelines by which it rates both property/casualty and life insurers.