Core systems

Google Health got shot in the arm with the signing of its first insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, which will offer its 3 million members a plan designed to enable them to keep better track of their medical information.

Policy administration system enhancements or replacement tops CIOs’ lists of priorities, causing the market to explode.

The catastrophe risk management solution provider reaches beyond insurance channels to update other industries and individuals on catastrophic events. Insurers may benefit as a result.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services nudges physicians with “EHR” incentives, while Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft partner to pilot health data transfers.

The legislative effort to create a federal insurance advisory is eliciting both praise and concern.

Today’s increasingly competitive marketplace elevates the importance of flexibility and efficiency in the policy administration process, says researcher.

C-level insurers have a better chance of improving their financial performance if they can act upon certain value levers and imperatives in order to create a true “integrated insurance enterprise.” Not unlike chasing the Holy Grail, getting there may require a sea change in corporate strategy and culture.

Surveys conducted by four chapters of the Professional Insurance Agents’ organization reveal that the treatment and support they receive from their carriers comprise more than customer service.

The reinsurer met an aggressive timetable, successfully implementing a policy admin system for its new U.S. operations.

Connecticut AG is seeking to reform the way public bonds are rated.

The CFO Forum believes a new set of market-consistent embedded values produce additional consistency and improved disclosure.

To remain competitive, insurers must be both inventive and innovative, claims the Ohio senator and astronaut. The key to our industry’s—and our country’s—success lies with education and research.

A recent Novarica/IASA survey of P&C insurer CIOs traces the evolution of focus from e-business to policy administration systems to predictive analytics.

At its annual conference last week, TowerGroup’s David West said carriers must invest in IT to thrive.

NAMIC adds voice to those opposing NAIC plan to aggregate market conduct data.

Predictive analytics, customer relationship management software and business applications are the key to carriers developing an effective mobility strategy.

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Non-profit continuing education organization bolsters line-up with newly created targeted events, seminars.

Testifying before Congress, insurance executives make case for the use of credit scores.