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With no access to online enrollment, GAO states that employers had to enroll through the help of agents and brokers or directly through issuers.

A poll of insurance executives attending PCIA also found that suboptimal underwriting remains primary obstacle to corporate growth.

Insurers are facing a sea change as technology increasingly permeates consumer culture, creating more sophisticated expectations (see part 1), and those expectations are just one of several factors driving the demand for talent in the insurance industry.Jeff Rieder, partner and head of Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and provider of benchmarking and best practices studies for insurance companies, met with INN to discuss the optimism in the industry, the many factors driving the demand for talent, employment numbers, and some of the reasons insurers are having difficulty recruiting.

Guidewire technology aims to help deliver flexibility, enhance customer service and lower IT costs.

Insurers are facing a sea change as technology increasingly permeates consumer culture, creating more sophisticated expectations.Jeff Rieder, partner and head of Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and provider of benchmarking and best practices studies for insurance companies, met with INN to discuss the skill sets that forward-thinking insurers need to recruit and cultivate to respond to the changing environment and capitalize on emerging opportunities.This is the first of a two part series.

To keep subsidies intact, Delaware officials are contemplating a technical work-around, while Illinois’ outgoing governor is seeking to push through a legislative fix in the final months of his term.

As larger number of consumers become willing to share their personal data, opportunities open up for insurers.

The P&C insurer also has modernized its claims practices, enhancing overall customer service, claims response and expenses management.

The P&C insurer is modernizing its claims practices, enhancing overall customer service, claims response and expenses management.

The fate of the subsidies may end up in the hands of governors and state legislatures, some of which have just changed parties

Paulson reportedly ended his investment by Sept. 30; Genworth has declined 40 percent since reporting a third-quarter loss of $844 million on November 5.

AIG’s largest shareholder before the bailout, claims shareholders were cheated in the deal by the 14 percent interest paid on the loan and a requirement to surrender 80 percent of the company’s equity.

The board voted for the loan deal after exhausting private- sector lifeline possibilities that included discussions with Warren Buffett, Jay Fishman of Travelers Cos. and J.C. Flowers & Co., Willumstad said.

The stock dropped 35 percent, erasing more than $2 billion of shareholder value.

P&C rates increased 1 percent, while personal lines were up 3 percent in October.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry to be among those cars that are the safest and most-affordable options for teen drivers.

Transformational effort includes document management and analytics initiatives to improve efficiencies and customer experience.

IT organizations still years away from essential data management and analytics capabilities.

Insurer will roll out UBI analytics applications and use a national data set to offer discounts to insureds in six states.

The council today also heard a presentation from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on activity in the Treasury futures market the morning of Oct. 15, the Treasury Department said in a statement.