Core systems

As forces from the political right and left continue to clash, the goal to make health care insurance the keystone of its larger reform efforts now seems less critical to legislation a struggling administration is trying to pass.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) currently is weighing all the options, but no ruling is expected until December.

AHIP says that some physicians who decline participation in insurance networks are over-charging patients.

Administration releases details of plan to regulate credit default swaps.

Recent nationwide health care discussions continue to devolve into debacles, but industry experts believe in benefits.

Wendell Potter slams insurers for propagating fear and lies about health care reform.

What should be the plum position for cyber-security experts is, instead, a rotten apple with a politically-compromised core.

Insurer settles dispute with Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.

New York State Insurance Department fines insurer $700,000.

Observers wonder if Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, could be the first woman Fed chair.

A new report says insurers can take concrete steps now before new regulations take effect.

Insurance IT buyers believe in the shared vision built with vendor sales reps, but is that trust misplaced?

The creation of a National Institute of Finance would empower regulators with the tools needed to effectively enforce regulation.

Speaking at town hall meeting in New Hampshire, President enumerates reforms aimed at insurance companies.

Looking to refill its coffers, the insurer agrees to sell its Hong Kong consumer finance and India IT units.

Convictions are still being made in a fraud scheme that cost insurance companies more than $20 million.

The key to a successful transition from SOA to cloud is to stay focused on enterprise architecture in order to manage both environments.

XL Capital, Unitrin and Colonial Life were given negative outlooks while Americas Insurance and Cincinnati Financial received a stable ratings.

The FASB's new plan, due Thursday, is considering a proposal to vastly widen the use of mark-to-market accounting so that it becomes the default method for valuing financial institutions.

Insurers can learn from best practices in the retail industry, where companies know the value of looking after the customer.