Core systems

Ohio National signs contract to support two CSC software programs, and Sunshine State extends BPO agreement.

Surveyed advisers expect annuities and life insurance to help them achieve portfolio growth in 2010.

AIG intends to use cash portions of the sale to repay Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Association says proposals to allow insurers to operate across state lines would harm consumers.

While the embattled insurer is in the red for the first time in two quarters, it's a far cry from the $61.7 billion loss posted this time last year.

MetLife tops the organization's list in the overall annuity sales category.

Health insurers say legislation is misguided and does not address underlying problems.

New research finds that consumers are only doing marginally better than after the crisis, and that men and women have vastly different strategies on how to recover and plan for their future.

Legislation would create powerful new regulator.

Senate Majority Leader Reid reported to be pushing benefits extension.

A Watermark Consulting study finds definite positive impact in customer-focused business strategies.

Intended to finance health care reform, Keating says levy would instead discourage retirement saving.

Despite soft market conditions and a contracting economy, the U.S. commercial lines insurance market remains relatively stable, notes A.M. Best.

Against looming regulatory reform, PCI says time is critical to employ a more holistic look at what caused our economic failure, and what did not.

Research from One Call Medical finds medical costs, accountability and education are the biggest hurdles.

Experts say global response necessary for biggest firms.

Bill seeking to amend McCarran-Ferguson Act now focuses solely on health insurers.

One of the plan's proposals is to adopt real-time analysis of claims and payments data to identify waste, fraud and abuse in health programs.

Financial services firms have reckoned with the fact that social media is here to stay, but insurers would be wise to watch how their name is being used in social circles.

Unitrin Inc. reached an agreement with Physicians Mutual to sell Reserve National Insurance Co., its health insurance subsidiary that specializes in accident and health insurance products and Medicare Supplement insurance. “We believe that Reserve National is a very good fit with Physicians Mutual,” says Don Southwell, Unitrin’s chairman, president and CEO. “While Reserve National has performed well since we purchased it in 1998, we do not have the scale in health insurance to compete effectively in the years ahead.”