Digital distribution

Using the Insuritas E-InsuranceAISLE technology platform, Overstock.com, a discount online retailer has added insurance to its growing inventory of offerings.

Industry experts opine on emerging technologies and their impact on insurance practices, liability and implications for consumers.

Looking back on the first open enrollment, just what worked and what lessons were learned to raise the number of enrollees further for 2015?

Aetna and Humana will also join an effort organized by the Health Care Cost Institute that builds on steps the Obama administration has taken to shed light on prices charged by health care providers.

Merchants expects to have a single, managed solution to translate and deliver policy and commission data to agency partners.

To stay relevant, insurers must upgrade systems to support multichannel sales, marketing and service requests, direct sales and make use of big data, according to Swiss Re.

Insurer groups this week shared ACA reform ideas with Congress, including the creation of a copper plan.

Members of Congress came out swinging Wednesday at a committee hearing with top insurers called as witnesses to determine whom of the more than 8 million Obamacare enrollees have paid their first month’s premium.

As many as 90 percent of WellPoint customers have paid their first premium by its due date; for Aetna, the payment is in the low to mid-80 percent range.

Through use of the app, the insurer expects to enable marketing representatives to view a complete picture of agency performance, and stay current through real-time updates and alerts.

The Life & Annuity Group will offer the OpX solution in the United States.

The evolution of customer communications helps forge stronger ties between insurers and clients.

For carriers, cloud computing offers a way to enhance and accelerate communications with agents, and agencies can benefit from better access, ease of use and efficiency gains.

The tool for secure access to multiple carrier sites uses an identity-based system.

Agents shouldn’t compete against their carriers for sales but we work with them for the benefit of their mutual clients.

How many individuals and families that selected a health plan in the federally facilitated health insurance marketplace have paid their first month’s premium? Depends on whom you ask.

Marketplace Connector will assist Oregon-based health plans with the migration to the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace.

Price comparisons, ratings and reviews are now “old school,” according to Forrester Research, and armed with digital tools, consumers are filling many legacy insurance roles.

Private health care exchanges are here to stay but debate remains over whether employers should move their employees to private exchanges, as well as the adviser’s role in working with them.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the early stages of looking at new vendors to potentially take over the operation of Healthcare.gov, when Accenture’s contract expires in January 2015.