Core systems

The troubles at AIG continue to hold the headlines, as investigators are now digging into whether Joseph Cassano, the former head of London-based AIG Financial Products, and two of his top deputies--EVP Andrew Forster and Connecticut-based managing-director Thomas Athan--committed securities fraud and other federal crimes, reports the Wall Street Journal and CBS News.

Conning Research & Consulting suggests individual annuity insurers rethink their product risk, distribution, asset management functions and cost structures in a changing competitive environment

A new era of social commerce is knocking at the door, promising CRM on steroids—and State Farm is one of the first insurers to stand in line for it.

With the increasing prevalence of standards such as XML Web services, carriers can more easily move parts of their operations onto other applications and platforms.

Health and life insurers are the most likely to experience repercussions of a possible epidemic.

Insurers have an opportunity to present and discuss experiences, recommendations and visions on the ways a business can most effectively plan and deliver on the benefits of business process management (BPM). Business Process Management Consortium (BPM-C) issued a Call for Participation for the BPM Information Days, to be held in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 15-16, 2009. BPM-C is an OMG managed group.

Based on its research, WANTED Technologies predicts The Bureau of Labor Statistics will announce a loss of 752,000 jobs in March.

A great CEO should be a great visionary, demonstrating outstanding skills at finding the best people and appointing them where they can bring the highest value for the organization.

CAMICO Mutual Insurance, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co., SureTec Insurance Co., Pacific International Insurance Ltd., AEGON USA and The Penn Mutual Life Insurance

Many Americans think it’s likely that electronic health records would improve the overall quality of U.S. medical care.

Redemtech’s “Sustainable Computing Assessment” finds most companies lack holistic policies for promoting sustainable computing.

Getting a framework in place is the first step to a successful enterprise risk management strategy.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan launched a program advocating extensive use of information technology to document and coordinate care across all providers and settings.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has rated Genworth Financial’s main lifestyle protection insurance entities A-.

Much like the insurance industry, bank CIOs are gaining more authority when it comes to managing and enhancing their company's technology.

Insurance advisors, agents, brokers and benefit specialists unify voices to caution against bypassing proper deliberation and debate.

News of the approval was met with mixed results from the insurer community.

The company says by transferring its AUI Holdings company into a special-purpose vehicle, it will be able to sell a minority stake.

Insurance IT vendors should readjust their approach to selling solutions in a way that better meets the needs of their customers.

In a recession, many will see outsourcing of functions as exporting of jobs.