Digital distribution

The online endorsement capability of CNA’s platform enables “what-if” scenarios.

By unlocking the value of petabytes of patient-specific data, health insurance plans will be able to help members to achieve their health care goals, says presenter at America’s Health Insurance Plans Institute 2014.

Web-based insurer now is doing business in Colorado, Missouri and Oregon, serving small businesses with one to 30 employees.

Fifty-six percent of health insurers responding to the survey said they will use a single-carrier private HIX as a sales channel for their products before year's end.

Visualization and gamification techniques will improve the technology experience for participants.

Consumer Agent Portal offers digital marketing services to independent insurance agencies through TrustedChoice.com.

A year after the policy began, 31 percent of those 19 to 25 told federal researchers they were in excellent physical health, compared with 27 percent on average from 2002 to 2009.

To overcome challenges, the team set up a war room, permanently staffed by representatives of all entities involved with Healthcare.gov, for real-time decision making.

Despite the challenges, Sebelius said she would rather have a rocky rollout and 8 million signed up than a fully functional website and 4 million enrolled.

Jonathan Kalman, president of Return on Intelligence, offered the following predictions, takeaways and advice at the IASA 2014 Educational Conference and Business Show in Indianapolis last week.

Insurance business and technology experts agree that a successful C-level vision is not just about keeping up with technology; it’s about more focus on the customer and less on caution-drenched decision making.

Advice on some of insurance IT executives' biggest challenges, including data security, cloud computing, and recruiting and retaining talent was offered during a town hall meeting at last week’s IASA conference.

The site includes new features, educational content and access to workplace retirement plans.

To increase market share and increase relevancy, Accenture says insurers must plan for the blurring between the digital and physical world, the rise of crowdsourcing, the advent of the data supply chain and three other trends.

Insurers are trying to reverse negative public perceptions that they are only looking out for their own financial bottom lines, says trade association.

For insurers, agent demand and claims efficiencies are contributing to a new sense of urgency to embrace mobile apps.

Accenture says enrollments now are three times greater than estimated last year at this time.

Broker places bloodstock risk electronically with insurer.

On day two at IASA’s 2014 Educational Conference and Business Show, insurers discuss what they're doing to inspire new talent, and Novarica's Robert McIsaac identifies the biggest disconnect between IT and the business.

From day one at IASA’s 2014 Educational Conference and Business Show:• X by 2’s CIO Advocate Frank Petersmark identifies the biggest surprises during a core system project.• Insurers discuss what they are doing to impress their customers.• The threat of a diminishing knowledge workforce is real and insurers are taking action. • Beth Mercier, IASA’s outgoing president, reflects on some of the work that went behind this year’s show.