Core systems

Gridiron legend stresses importance of preparation in energetic keynote address.

Exclusive video coverage of the IASA Educational Conference: Executives from leading insurance companies offer insights on the technologies that should be deployed now to properly position firms for the economic recovery. Plus: IASA’s outgoing president Mike Holmes reflects on the organization’s accomplishments the past year.

Humana Inc., HSBC Insurance and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., among others, recently receiving ratings changes.

The partnership seeks to enable P&C insurers to strengthen relationships with their clients and distribution channel partners.

Analysts say it could be a challenging time to introduce an advisory platform of any sort.

Sometimes the solution to reaching insurance company customers is deceptively simple.

The Treasury is expected to announce today that a few firms have been allowed to repay Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, signaling government confidence that the worst of the crisis may be over.

AQS, Duck Creek and Sapiens enter the first day of the conference with news of system enhancements, while Insurance Systems opens its first U.S.-based office.

The Nolan Company released a new report on the topic of service improvement and differentiation.

A new survey eliciting the opinions of insurance executives about the software products they use yields some interesting results.

StoneRiver, a provider of technology and strategic solutions for the insurance industry, announces that Montgomery, Ala.-based Alfa Life Insurance Company (Alfa) has reported immediate improvements in their new business processes with the use of LifeSuite, a Web-based new business and automated underwriting system from StoneRiver – Insurance Solutions (previously Fiserv Insurance Solutions).

Legislation seeks to undue Securities and Exchange Commission decision to regulate fixed annuities as securities.

Troubled company expected to trim 17% of workforce.

Reports show that five large private insurers and the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans spent a total of $6.4 million in the first quarter on lobbying efforts.

The president says all the right things about the threat to our nation’s systems, but his plan remains sketchy at best.

Document/content management saw the most activity among property/casualty and life/health insurers and vendors.

President signals intentions regarding health care reform in letter to Senate heavyweights.

In a letter to the Treasury Secretary, ACLI chief denies federal charter will cause regulatory race to the bottom.

New report holds that of the lessons to be learned from the financial crisis, risk management should serve as the primer.

Forrester research finds that 60% of U.S. insurers hope to replace their core applications and its underlying server infrastructure.