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Health insurers such as WellPoint and Humana stand to gain $5.5 billion next year to cover losses from Obamacare in a program the law’s opponents label a bailout.

A software malfunction forces residents who began the insurance enrollment process — or tried to update their data — between February 17 and midday February 19 to go into the system and start again.

While agents and carriers have significantly improved the flow of data, carriers that opened a path for clients to log directly into their proprietary websites presents a problem.

What began in the '90s as carrier self-service applications now are migrating to mobile devices, but with expanded capabilities, such as instant messaging, image capture, and more.

15 minutes with Direct Global Insurance, which is piloting self-service kiosks that can quote and bind auto policies in about five minutes.

Eighth annual awards program uncovers the best of the best in insurance innovation among both technology users and providers.

Software helps the insurer monitor and archive its activity in social media, while enabling the company to plan and publish content to multiple social platforms simultaneously, track consumer engagement and participate in meaningful two-way dialogue.

With the opportunities of varied distribution channels, insurers are starting to be much more granular in their view of the customers.

EHealth’s CEO says the percentage of customers between the ages of 18 and 34 was well above the 25 percent rate cited by the Obama administration for young adult enrollments on the state and federal-run exchanges.

Four distribution management solutions are expected to streamline Cypress' technology.

Insurers sold $61.9 billion of annuities, compared with $52.7 billion a year earlier, according to LIMRA.

Data analytics is a potent tool for bolstering carriers' relationships with agent networks.

The new application is intended to offer insurers a view of the market and competitive positions for annuities.

E-signature functionality expected to reduce not-in-good-order rates and increase speed to completing new business.

CEO Tom Wilson has turned his focus to expansion after spending years reducing sales to homeowners in states such as New York and Florida.

Only 19 percent of enrollees chose the coverage with the cheapest premiums, and mid-level silver plans drew 62 percent.

The multi-channel platform will support automated sales and marketing efforts throughout the life insurance organization.

The relationship between agent and carrier is a leading factor in not just the success of a PAS transformation, but in the success of the business' as a whole.

Strategy Meets Action Founder Deb Smallwood discusses the current landscape of telematics, opportunities and challenges that come with it and action items for insurers.Throughout January and February, Smallwood detailed each of SMAs five next-generation technologies — analytics and big data, mobile technologies, collaboration technologies, cloud computing and telematics.To find out how the research and consulting firm came to these five, click here. No. 1: Analytics and Big DataNo. 2: Mobile TechnologiesNo. 3. CollaborationNo. 4. Cloud Computing

MetLife is counting on expansion in markets from Chile to South Korea to help meet CEO's 2016 goal of achieving return on equity of 12 percent to 14 percent.