Core systems

American Association of Insurance Services data center is designed to allow member companies access to its traditional premium and loss data, plus geographic, demographic, weather, crime and other types of data collected from public and private sources.

Despite the setback, Democrats remain convinced they do not have to compromise very much on the bill to get it passed.

Recovering equity markets may foretell consolidation in the insurance industry, a new report says

Report says P&C insurers' combined ratio improved to 101.2 in 2009, down about 3.0 percentage points from 104.0 in 2008.

A dialogue is necessary to identify emerging risks and help risk managers achieve full value from their ERM investments, says RIMS report.

A.M. Best revises State Farm General Insurance’s outlook to positive from stable, S&P places Reserve National Insurance on CreditWatch with negative implications.

A model is needed that better reflects the tension and compromise inherent in making insurance technology decisions, concludes Celent.

New York Life says 64% of its record $1.9 billion in fixed immediate annuity sales last year was to women purchasers.

Sen. Dodd's bill calls for dozens of studies on important topics, including the debate over a federal insurance charter.

Insurers’ predictions that, as a result of the volatile economy, consumer fraud would steadily increase, may cringe at the latest fraud-related stories—committed by agents—that are making headlines.

With economy leveling, carriers are opening new offices nationwide.

Insurers plotting mobile payment plans would be wise to watch what unfolds as Apple decides the iPhone's future as a mobile payment device.

The advisory organization says this is the industry's first standardized plan for rating homeowners insurance by individual perils.

Business intelligence, analytics and performance management prove less cyclical than other software areas, Gartner says.

Although Democrats and Republicans continue to disagree over whether talks ever really broke down, lawmakers from both sides say they're making progress bridging the gap.

With the health care debate receding, President Obama has stepped up his efforts to aid passage of comprehensive financial services regulatory reform. While most of the reform measures are aimed squarely at banks, the breadth of the proposed reforms may well encompass many activities currently performed by insurers. Indeed, while insurers may have avoided the purview of a proposed consumer financial products regulator, the issue of whether large insurers will have to help fund a bailout mechanism for systemically risky institutions remains an open question.

A report from the Insurance Research Council concludes the current cost shifting means significant costs for the property/casualty insurance industry.

Reaching out to touch someone via the Yellow Pages and other conventional marketing tools has been rendered ineffective as insurers attract customers using LinkedIn, Facebook.

Making its auto insurance application available on Google’s mobile Android smartphones, Progressive sees immediate uptick in Web site traffic.

Industry weighs in as legislators seek long-term fix to the troubled National Flood Insurance Plan.