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Software deals among all insurers show year-over-year growth in 2012 after three years of slight declines, according to a set of new reports from Celent.

FormsinMotion designed to be compatible with tablets.

HCC says the Construction Property Risks Division will expand the company's specialty focus by developing its underwriting capability in builder's risk insurance.

Cross Insurance, subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., announced Hugh Devlyn has joined the company as a benefits producer. Devlyn is charged with building a world-class employee benefits practice for middle market employers, the company said, and providing clients with a full range of employee benefit services and solutions, including, health care cost containment and data analytics, population health management, compliance, communication, benchmarking, benefits administration and human resource services.

The majority of insurance software sales in Latin America consist of core systems sold to new customers and smaller insurers, according to “Latin American Insurance Software Deal Trends 2013, Life/Annuity/Health and Property/Casualty Editions,” from Celent, an international financial research and consulting firm.

Partnership with ARX enables cloud-based electronic transaction solutions.

Ingenie, an auto insurer targeting young drivers, has selected SAS Office Analytics to analyze large volumes of data on driving behaviors and patterns in an effort to improve customer pricing accuracy and insurance premiums.

While automated underwriting and insurance bundling is a likely future for the industry, AIG Casualty SVP Salvator Branca says there are several attendant concerns.

The Healthnation system is expected to perform various financial management functions, including invoice generation, invoice aggregation, premium collection, premium processing and disbursement.

New report from Strategy Meets Action outlines the transformation currently underway for portals, underlining the importance of building a robust enterprise-portal-technology platform.

Crump will provide sales support, underwriting, technology and brokerage services to MetLife’s financial professionals.

Sensing an opportunity among small commercial buyers, ACE Commercial Risk Services created a simpler international travel package policy and a Web-based platform to support it.

Distribution, BI, agent portal and policy administration top life insurers' list of priorities as they look to differentiate themselves in an increasingly commoditized market.

There are four significant and costly life events that cost the average worker $117,000, according to a survey conducted by Ameriprise.

A committee of 11 insurer CIOs has selected nominees for the second-annual Novarica Research Council Impact Awards. Nominees include: AIG, Aegis, Erie Family Life, Great American, Nevada General, PURE, RLI and XL.

The form’s background questions include reprinted elements from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Uniform Licensing Application, which are included with permission from the NAIC.

Polaris’ Intellect AWX is designed to improve operational efficiency and quality of engagement for insurers.

Mullen tasked with aligning, developing sales across U.S. employee benefits lines of business.

INN developed the ranking in partnership with Celent, an independent business research and advisory service with a specialization in insurance technology. Celent facilitated survey development, data collection and analysis. The result is an insightful set of rankings based on objective peer review.

Mphasis, an IT services provider, has launched its Billing as a Service (BaaS) solution for the insurance industry. BaaS is a cloud-based solution that enables carriers to manage their complex billing requirements.