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A team of agency staff, software contractors and insurers is working on fixing the enrollment reports, known in the industry as 834 forms, said tCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokeswoman.

The chief obstacle for health insurers is essentially a lack of insight into who’s enrolling in their HIX plans, says an independent merchant bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring and principal investing services in the health care industry.

The lack of hurricanes in the Atlantic will result in a low double-digit decline in pricing for 2014 renewals, Fitch said.

The website’s software initially prevented Social Security numbers from being included in data sent to insurers, blocking complete enrollments in health plans. A fix announced yesterday will end 80 percent of those errors.

Drivers in emerging markets are twice as likely to buy a car based on in-vehicle technology options than vehicle performance, according to Accenture report.

Parts of the Obamacare enrollment system used to pay insurers are being pushed back from January in the latest technology delay for the president’s U.S. health care overhaul.

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Consumers can now sign up for health coverage as late as December 23, for policies that would begin January 1.

Acquisition of Liazon adds to company’s private benefit exchange channels; Towers Watson said it would continue to enhance the product and support customers and partners.

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New app for iOS is designed to work in conjunction with the company's UBI device, providing drivers with data on daily commutes, fuel efficiency and engine diagnostics.

New platform designed to provide defined contribution participants with complete account access from personal devices, including tablets.

Among the insurers on the list, AIG sees the biggest drop-off from 2011 to 2012; during the same period, Berkshire Hathaway nearly doubled its market share in the sector.

Nissan Motor Co. plans to bring affordable, fully autonomous vehicles to market by 2020.

While most new capabilities employed by life insurers today are around mobility, focusing on better graphics and greater integration into the overall sales process, distribution innovation has been stifled.

Donald Bailey, an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, was chosen for the newly created position.

As the growing market in Latin America demonstrates, a large, underserved population could benefit from financial protections and offer market opportunities to insurers that innovate around product, distribution and regulation, Celent said.