Digital distribution

To fully leverage mobile technologies, insurers need to meld rapid action with ample amounts of long-term, strategic thinking.

Life insurers need to focus on technologies that better enable product development, distribution or deployment of newer technologies, such as social media and mobility applications.

Carrier charts 127-percent increase in use of mobile tools over the past year.

New study names State Farm and USAA the top mobile presences based on user preference, capability and usability.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans from Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma now available from eHealth Inc.

Along with tackling projects that improve and innovate, insurers need to implement the technologies that enhance business models and make risk-averse execs uncomfortable.

Life insurer moves to increase productivity through CRM, forms technology upgrades.

State Farm has made its Driver Feedback mobile app available on Android devices. This free app is designed to turn a person’s cell phone into a pocket-sized driving coach when placed in the car.

Insights from Novarica's Matt Josefowicz on technology trends for the upcoming year: social media, web-to-mobile transitions and those expensive core system modernizations.

Carrier pushes continuing education by offering two free courses to staff members.

Internal app enables mobile quoting and sales for iPad users, with Android compatibility yet to come

Manulife will continue to offer a series of general insurance products underwritten by Royal Sun & Alliance Insurance plc.

Wholesale broker of Ryan Specialty Group LLC has acquired Maclean, Oddy & Associates Inc., a specialist broker for unusual P&C risks with a focus on environmental coverages.

Continued economic growth, an expanding middle class and heightened demand for health insurance are resulting in foreign insurers and reinsurers seeking to establish a greater presence in India..

Charging customers fees to conduct e-commerce is a bad idea and will create scrutiny and ill will; something insurance carriers always need to avoid.

New report examines how insurers can steel themselves for coming changes in the healthcare market.

New report examines how insurers can steel themselves for coming changes in the healthcare market.

In a new report, Aite Group offers a look at who is and isn’t buying life insurance, and for what reasons.

Guardian Life Insurance is actively recruiting hundreds of business professionals looking for a new line of work.

Chartis has named Murli Buluswar its new Chief Science Officer, a newly created position responsible for establishing research and development operations that enhance the insurer’s global commercial and consumer business strategies.