Policy adminstration

The federal case, thus far, involves 41 North Carolina tobacco farmers, as well as insurance agents and claims adjusters.

USAA, a direct seller and one of the first insurers to adapt to social networking, is also, according to J.D. Power, the most trusted brand in the industry.

Ovum says budgets will increase 6.5 percent CAGR over the next four years as insurers shift to growth strategies from cost-cutting.

Acquisition of agency and provider intended to strengthen NFP's P&C West Coast presence.

Under the deal, Chase agreed not to take commissions or engage in certain reinsurance arrangements with Assurant for six years.

Operational efficiency and underwriting discipline are crucial for growth and therefore are dictating commercial lines carriers’ technology purchases, according to a report from Novarica.

In the past 18 months, an estimated $10 billion of new capital has entered the reinsurance market and changed the nature of the sector's capital structure, according to “Capital Stewardship: Charting the Course to Profitable Growth,” a mid-year market report from Guy Carpenter.

Commercial insurance prices rose 6 percent, continuing the trend of steady increases, according to a recent Towers Watson study.

Reinsurers are under pressure to shore up earnings hurt by disaster claims and low interest rates.

BriteCore, a policy administration system, is now supplemented by policy forms and rating information from the American Association of Insurance Services.

Jay Woods and John Haldeman will lead the new practice from the New York office.

Specialty insurer turns to M&A to expand its presence in the mobile insurance market.

FireLight, an e-application business fulfillment platform, is designed with a mobile component as well.

Wildfire and flood claims were not enough to knock either sector off course last month.

Some of the same data analysis technologies being used by Western governments are cheap enough to be employed by financial services companies as well.

Accurately and consistently estimating the costs of major IT projects is critical for an IT department's and CIO's credibility.

Software designed to help address cost barriers created by the high costs of in-car telematics devices.

SmartUBI software designed to offer a smartphone app backed by cloud-based analytics technology.

The wider market is potentially transitioning to a business model of managing multiple sources of outside capital.

If insurers guarantee drivers’ premiums would not rise, 89 percent of recent survey respondents said they either would buy a usage-based insurance policy or are willing to consider the concept.