Digital distribution

With only seven days to go until October 1 and the official launch of the new public health insurance exchanges, a number of questions loom large. The biggest, by far, is would a government shutdown threatened by congressional Republicans also shut down the exchanges.

Trôv’s technology and processes are designed to offer transparency into the value of insured items.

As costs, regulatory and technological inhibitors fall away, insurance industry laggards could face threat from mispricing, according to recent Aite Group report.

New survey reveals optimism that the exchange format will create an environment with the best options, regardless of which carriers are present.

In an assessment of how distribution trends reflect an increase in online sales, A.M. Best highlights continuing market consolidation.

Europe and Bermuda still account for a large portion of P&C business among U.S. reinsurers, who are becoming increasingly open to new sources, such as Brazil and Singapore, according to data from SNL Financial.

MetLife retains its top spot among top-tier life insurers increasing its direct written premiums by 0.25 percent through the first half of 2013, according to SNL Financial.

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the bipartisan insurance agent licensing reform bill, also known as the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 (NARAB II), by a 397-6 vote.

Operational efficiency and underwriting discipline are crucial for growth and therefore are dictating commercial lines carriers’ technology purchases, according to a report from Novarica.

Continued growth is expected, according to a new report from Conning, but insurers will have to deal with ongoing challenges that include hiring agents and implementing tech-savvy platforms.

Esurance has selected Modus as its telematics vendor for the DriveSense program, which is deployed across the United States. Modus is providing its full-service UBI solution including logistics, integration, application development, data warehousing and support services.

In the second quarter, fixed annuities experienced highest quarterly sales since 2011, according to data from Morningstar and Beacon Research.

Companies will continue to work together and plan to make the defined contribution health insurance platform MyBenefits available to large businesses in a wider geographic area.

The life and annuity offering is designed to enable product deployment without the need for development.

A profile of some financial services companies that are using social networks to create new collaboration patterns with their customers, distributors and employees

To maintain a positive relationship, here's what should be accomplished when field reps visit the offices of agents.

The P&C, health and life sectors face different challenges when it comes to mobile. But all three have a way to go in providing what's needed to keep up with market demand.

Only 10 percent of top marketing and IT executives believe collaboration between their corporate functions is sufficient, according to a new survey.

In an effort to integrate with the Federally Facilitated Marketplace, insurer selects Benefitfocus to build a private insurance exchange for both group and individual market segments.

Industry-wide second-quarter results indicate a recovery, as every product line shows increased sales compared to the anomalous first-quarter results, according to LIMRA.