Core systems

Bill wants companies receiving bailout money to trim executive compensation.

Supporters of state regulation say the new study comes short of advocating federal charter for insurers.

A yearly report on annuities shows carriers have a way to go when it comes to leveraging cost-cutting technologies such as STP.

The two insurers are now able to become thrift holding companies, and receive money from the government's financial rescue program.

A new report from the National Research Council found that the clinical information systems in a number of medical organizations lack comprehensive decision support.

In an effort to achieve a nationwide electronic health information network, the former American Health Information Community brings together public-private sector members.

Specialty lines carrier will use the technology to protect personally identifiable information customer information.

The commission unveils full text of ruling that reclassifies annuities as securities.

Report on financial modernization includes a call to reassess the federalization of insurance regulation.

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies sent members of Congress and state insurance policymakers a report, analyzing the causes of the nation’s financial crisis.

A Treasury Department spokeswoman says that the agency has given regulators until Jan. 15 to finish processing any remaining holding applications for non-banks seeking government capital.

The firm estimates that reinsurers will enter 2009 with 15% to 20% less economic capital than in 2008.

The financial crisis for the life and annuity industry began in earnest in the fourth quarter of 2008, but what does the future hold?

Company closures, layoffs, cost cutting, outsourcing and retirees who have had to return to the job market because of investment portfolio losses have combined to make it hard on today’s IT professionals.

Allianz says the long-term demand for retirement services is strong despite the current economic climate.

The insurer’s use of technology to track customer experience garners honors for excellence in insurance operations.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank says his bill would require the Treasury Department to use the money for foreclosure relief, institute lending requirements for banks that receive capital from the program and strengthen executive compensation requirements.

The insurance exchange says that rates may increase in a year.

The organizations will demonstrate ways to implement the 5010 HIPAA transaction standards through existing testing tools, best practices and public-private collaborations that are already broadly recognized within the healthcare industry.

In a collection of essays, actuaries ponder the role of risk management in the financial crisis.