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Boston-based research and advisory firm, launches a new service dedicated to the Indian financial services space.

Leahy inserts amendment into health care reform legislation.

Donations from IBM and Prima Solutions drive ACORD framework advances.

Recent deals for technology software and services

BUSINESS ANALYTICS FOR MID-SIZED INSURERS

COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Fitch affirms State Farm and Principal Financial Group, while A.M. Best downgrades Kinsgway Financial.

Bills to extend premium subsidies still stuck in committee

Insurers would be wise to keep tabs on addressable television advertising, which uses financial and cable company data to generate targeted TV commercials.

Swiss Re says the calm hurricane season for 2009 contributes to the $26-billion decline from 2008.

Good news: Individual whole life insurance surged 12% in Q3 2009. Bad news: Total individual life insurance sales fell 11%.

The parties have agreed to release each other from all claims, including any claims by Hank Greenberg and Howard Smith against AIG for indemnification of future legal fees and expenses or settlement costs.

Insurer sought help with an enterprise-level system to support the build-out of a centralized, shared finance department.

Unique-to-Louisiana law requires insurers to continue homeowners’ coverage even if defective drywall constitutes a “material change in the risk,” as long as the homeowner reports the issue to the insurer.

Although still embroiled in controversy, the organization is quickly moving forward on the methodology regulators will follow in evaluating insurers’ risk-based capital requirements.

The move by AIG’s board to commit to a $7 million executive pay package is designed to put to rest worries about his potential departure.

A new report says recent software consolidation activity will accelerate, and insurers should protect themselves through contractual means, including demanding base code escrow and service level guarantees that survive change of control.

Online insurance quoting system designed to enable end-to-end trace and analysis of transactions to pinpoint problems as they move through application topologies across the network.

SNL Financial data shows that while reported losses fell 15.7% year-over-year, heightened declines in earned premiums written kept profitability modest.

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