Digital distribution

Tool enables financial professionals to include annuities, life insurance and long-term care insurance in retirement planning discussions.

Progressive companies say benefits help retain employees, increase employee productivity, and help attract talent, according to survey results.

Growth of both variable and fixed annuity sales were challenged in Q4; overall, VA saw 13-percent growth, while fixed slipped one percent.

In declaring a $10.2 trillion protection gap, Conning suggests the Internet and social media as outreach tools that have the ability to help insurers regain middle market traction.

UnitedHealth will provide insurance coverage in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon, Bahrain and Kuwait

Many employers are interested in exploring corporate exchanges, which could increase competition among health insurers.

Consumers who purchase insurance where they bank are among most profitable, loyal and desirable customers, according to new study.

New features in pricing software to enhance predictive modeling, accuracy.

NexJ’s Integrated Agent Desktop unified the point-of-entry for 14 of the carrier’s external systems.

The program administrators and managing general agents market is expected to grow in 2012, according to Guy Carpenter & Company survey of specialty program insurance providers.

After four years with the insurance brokerage firm, Vanessa Wittman accepts senior role with Google.

Billing, payable and receivables product designed with insurer input.

Insurers will need to rethink product offerings as policymakers are now looking beyond the once-vaunted 401(k).

Direct-to-consumer auto insurer signs on for sweeping core replacements from Guidewire.

Opportunities await insurers willing to ramp up innovative products, distribution channels to compete in under-developed markets.

Partnership to provide high-end homeowners in Oregon with new insurance option.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, has birthed a new company, Horizon Healthcare Innovations (HHI), which is dedicated to fomenting a paradigm shift that results in a health care system that delivers better care at dramatically lower costs.

Part of ACE’s international casualty product suite, BrokerPass is designed to provide middle-market U.S. brokers with a reliable way to service their multinational clients.

Key considerations for building a truly social business, on the inside and outside.

Demographic shifts and technology demands are creating an increasingly amorphous consumer.