Data and information management

While insurers wait and see what Washington does regarding the proposal to create a systemic risk regulator, experts say firms need greater transparency into decision-making process and an enterprisewide view of their risk.

Arbella Insurance Group upgraded, MassMutual downgraded and Pacific Life’s mortgage-backed securities ratings affirmed. Find out other actions from A.M. Best, Fitch and Moody’s.

Bolstering its ranks with experts from within insurance companies, Novarica announces Martina Conlon, previous senior manager at Arbella Insurance, will join the research and advisory firm.

The company has decided not to sell AIG Star Life Insurance Co. and AIG Edison Life Insurance Co., but the future of Alico Japan remains to be seen.

The reciprocal insurance provider will use Maximum Processing’s Web-based, policy, billing, claims and reinsurance insurance administration system.

Key processes and underlying technologies enable the insurance industry's drive for enterprise risk management.

Social network analysis can help insurers understand networks often connected to criminal behavior.

U.S. insurer budgets and projects for 2010 focus on policy admin, agent portals and business intelligence.

To better manage risk, reinsurers are turning to increasingly sophisticated technologies and models.

Hard economic times are invariably busy ones for the foes of insurance fraud. Incorporating more unstructured data, carriers are fine-tuning predictive analytics for fraud detection.

SOA is the way many companies, including insurers, are now choosing to move forward due to its business agility, scalability and return on investment.

S&P contends that because macroeconomic conditions have impacted prime mortgage insurance books, it is placing the ratings for several mortgage insurers, including Genworth and United Guaranty, on CreditWatch with negative implications.

Forrester talked to 70 North American insurers about their hardware and infrastructure investment plans and found that they're very concerned about risks associated with cloud computing and virtualization.

Despite this year’s challenges, insurance companies will see opportunities in 2010, predicts LIMRA’s CEO.

NAU Country Insurance Co., PEMCO Mutual Insurance Co. and TRISTAR Risk Management are the latest insurers to select the enterprise content management (ECM) software suite.

Workers’ comp insurer to use Valen Technologies’ AuditRight predictive analytics solution to ensure premium to exposure accuracy.

The revised bill, introduced late Tuesday, would give the Federal Reserve Board power to oversee systemically important companies, and beef up a proposed interagency council to advise the central bank.

S&P changes HUB’s outlook to negative, while A.M. Best affirms American Physicians Insurance Co.’s financial strength and issuer credit ratings.

Data quality and master data management, according to Forrester research, will become critical enablers to support real-time operational and decision-making processes.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office tells federal agencies what property/casualty insurers and reinsurers have been warning for months: Prepare for climate change effects.