Digital distribution

Chubb, Amica among insurers rolling out mobile offerings.

Social networking tools offer some tangible benefits, but insurers must carefully craft a strategy to avoid alienating their distribution channels.

The deal is said to offer new advantages for managing insurance relationships, including offering agents on-demand online links to insureds.

Perhaps the enhancements will help to improve Microsoft's market share, which is well behind Android, Apple and Blackberry.

The insurer's Covariance Capital Management subsidiary will target nonprofits with $100 million or more in assets under management.

Total bank annuity sales fell to $33.2 billion in 2010—their lowest level since $31 billion in 2000, says Kehrer-LIMRA.

While USAA and TriCare are a couple of the exceptions, health and P&C insurers disappoint customers, according to new report.

A couple of Chinese insurers have found a creative way to extend the retirement business value chain.

In this soft market, it’s no secret that carriers are openly courting their distribution network, looking to drum up new agency principals and producers. What may be an eye-opener, however, is why agents and producers choose to represent certain insurers over others.

New multi-platform insurance app breaks down claims barriers.

Interactive technology to help advisers leverage freedom to invest without asset allocation restrictions.

Insurers may want to keep an eye on how Google's Android-based payment system will offer payment firms and retailers more customer data and help them target ads to mobile users.

A new study shows that 86% of financial services pros use social media, up from 73% last year.

New reports list multi-line, life and health insurers with the lowest price to forward sales ratios.

Prepaid card company has been focusing on auto insurers in recent months as a way to sell more cards.

While sales soared to a record high in 2010, they dropped sharply in Q4 thanks in part to Allstate exiting the bank market.

Women are now placing more value on life insurance than men, according to a LIMRA study.

Consumers are spending $363 billion, or 14.7% more, on health care than traditionally reported, finds a Deloitte report.

Jackson's online portfolio construction tool is designed to help advisers assemble portfolios customized to their clients.

Durable Medical Equipment provider network partnership supports ability to retrospectively flag unscheduled bills to obtain contracted discounts.