Data and information management

Doug Cox, director of GMC Software Technology, discusses unified communication strategies.

In an effort to assist its producers in managing their pipelines and communicating with carriers, one agency implemented enterprise social networking tools.

By its nature, the military requires its personnel to be constantly on the move, and USAA seeks to move just as quickly-if not faster-with its mobile offerings.

The insurance industry is well positioned to exploit the ongoing explosion of data.

As rule makers finalize the Dodd-Frank Act behind closed doors, insurers fear they will suffer collateral damage.

With the dollar falling and global capital markets still uncertain, dealing with financial risk is becoming tougher for life insurers.

Insurers need to figure out how to use new collaboration tools.

Insurance business process outsourcing market blossoms; driving costs out of the claims process.

Insurers that apply analytics across the customer lifecycle will see growth and profitability.

Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. (THL), a private equity firm, and French-owned Sword Group have signed a definitive agreement under which THL will acquire Sword Insurance, a global provider of software and services to the P&C insurance industry, from Sword Group. The transaction is expected to close next month, subject to regulatory approvals, and additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

June 8, 2011 is the last day nominations for Women in Insurance Leadership awards will be accepted.

As the Asian insurance market continues to grow, it faces constraints and opportunities not unlike their North American competitors. A recent report by Boston-based research and consulting firm Celent notes insurers' top three drivers for IT investment in 2011: growing the business, ease of doing business with agents and other distribution channels, and ease of doing business with customers. The report reviews in detail the current business trends facing the market for 2011, and how they are impacting IT investment.

SOA has seen a resurgence, largely because most insurers are contemplating a move to cloud – public, private, or hybrid – and need the supporting infrastructure to make it viable.

At the ACORD Loma Insurance Systems Forum, speakers presented a compelling vision of how the mobility, the cloud and Big Data are set to reshape the industry.

Product designed to allow agents and brokers to personalize customer communications for increased profitability.

Japanese companies are selling “one-time” policies for risks that are interesting and surprising, thanks to wireless technology.

New version harmonizes an information model from Prima Solutions and business object model from IBM.

Treasury begins to lessen ownership stake as it unloads 200 million shares of the insurer’s common stock.

Electronic file solution designed to provide carriers with flexible, secure access to critical business records.

Functionality to provide agents, financial advisers and policyholders access to application status, account balances and commission payments.