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While insurers' annuity sales seem to be steady, banks' fixed annuity sales fell 16% from Q3 to Q4 in 2009, and 43% year-over-year.
May 5 -
The insurer selected the 4Sight Business Intelligence for Property and Casualty solution, which offers more than 70 standard reports and dashboards.
May 5 -
Gartner finds organizations drawn to SaaS hype failed to recognize downstream problems.
May 4 -
Sircon for Carriers is designed to streamline a producers lifecycle process by automating the licensing and appointing, producer compliance management and agent on-boarding aspects.
May 4 -
A.M. Best, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced ratings updates. The following are some of the most recent:
May 4 -
Survey reveals that 74% of nations insurers are hiring.
May 4 -
Nearly one-third of survey respondents use search engines first when researching policy options.
May 4 -
INN announces a call for nominations for the 2010 Women in Insurance Leadership program.
May 3 -
TransUnions Insurance Risk Index falls for the third consecutive quarter.
May 3 -
There is more good news for the life insurance industry as new numbers frame how far the industry has bounced back from the woes spurred by the financial crisis. According to 2009 statutory financial results for top-tier life insurers and life groups from SNL Financial, Charlottesville, Va., U.S. life insurers recovered all of the capital and surplus they lost amid the global financial crisis over the course of 2009.
May 3 -
Expert doubts annuity sales to be stellar in 2010 with unemployment to remain high.
May 3 -
A new study charts the progress of carriers in ease of doing business.
May 3 -
ISCS SurePower Innovation Policy Admin Suite is a Web- and SOA-based program designed to automate underwriting and manage claims.
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Conducting business in what is often termed the nation's epicenter for organized auto insurance fraudsters--namely, those who deliberately crash vehicles and falsely report injuries from auto accidents--is a challenge. For Florida-based Direct General Insurance Co., that challenge may have temporarily lessened somewhat, thanks to a recent eight-month investigation and resultant dismantling of an organized "crash ring."
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With the fresh spring breeze may come a breath of fresh air forThe Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., which this week reported a first-quarter profit and improved investment results. This is particularly good news for the insurer, which earlier this month repaid $3.4 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Funds.
April 30 -
Chubb seeks to facilitate discussion on emerging class of risks.
April 30 -
How the top six bank life programs make it work.
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