Claims

As FEMA’s Direct Servicing Agent, the property/casualty software and services provider will expand services to insurance agents, policyholders, lenders and other stakeholders.

Insurers fail to pay timely benefits because life and annuities business units’ motives for discovery of insureds’ demises differ and their separate blocks are administered on siloed platforms.

By its nature, the military requires its personnel to be constantly on the move, and USAA seeks to move just as quickly-if not faster-with its mobile offerings.

Insurance business process outsourcing market blossoms; driving costs out of the claims process.

Through May, State Farm provided more than $2.5 billion in catastrophe claim payments to its customers across North America.

June 8, 2011 is the last day nominations for Women in Insurance Leadership awards will be accepted.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says, in a turnaround from prior rankings, six of 13 small—rather than large—cars earn safety awards.

Japanese companies are selling “one-time” policies for risks that are interesting and surprising, thanks to wireless technology.

Functionality to provide agents, financial advisers and policyholders access to application status, account balances and commission payments.

iCRM to provide dashboard with widget interface, personalization, customer experience management and insurance analytics.

The annual insurance technology conference saw shifting trends, but issues from the past remain a challenge.

Joint technology product development and launches highlight “partnership” theme at latest insurance conference.

Adopting social media for business purposes is all the rage among journalists and analysts, but on the ground, it has yet to achieve traction in insurance.

On day two of the INN Newscast covering the 2011 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, Shane McCullough, ACORD’s chief enterprise architect in charge of ACORD’s Framework initiative, shares how standards users can benefit from the Framework’s latest advancements.The INN Newscast team also takes a peek inside a couple of sessions that take a realistic look at the upside—and the downside—of emerging technologies.Finally, insurance carrier attendees identify their top technology initiatives for 2011.

Platform to connect agents with consumers, deliver speed-to-market advantages.

Vertafore, BOLT Insurance Agency among companies recognized in annual ranking.

Guidewire solution designed to reduce manual billing processes, provide weekly enhancements.

The 2011 ACORD/LOMA Systems Forum began Sunday with vendors concentrating on familiar themes, but also placing more emphasis on mobile tech than in previous years.

Insurance Networking News is proud to present its INN Newscast. This special video edition brings you exclusive coverage from day one of the 2011 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum in San Diego.Broadcast includes: • LOMA SVP Jeff Hasty discusses the life and annuity industry’s current challenges.• Monique Hesseling, head of personal lines/small commercial segment development for Zurich and the chairperson of the ACORD Standards Committee, breaks down the organizational changes at ACORD and what this means for insurers. • Attendees answer the question: Where within your own organization have you seen the most benefits from standards use? 

Solution designed to more effectively manage claims and identify fraudulent activity.