Policy adminstration

Deal representative of the trend of insurers striking deals with asset managers in a push for fee income and new investment opportunities.

The more an agency embraces technology and offsite/cloud storage of critical data, the better off they will fair.

Most other regions declined, as did the Marsh Risk Management Global Insurance Index, Marsh said.

The new product, called Paramount, is designed to combine property, general liability coverage into a single package.

Front-end systems and devices for customer engagement are getting more sophisticated, but back-end integration challenges are preventing insurers from taking advantage of them, survey shows.

The shift to digital means carriers must focus on sales and service portals, agency management and compensation systems.

Online distribution isn't just for personal auto anymore. Insurers are now expanding electronic application functionality to small commercial, life and annuity and beyond, leveraging business rules and third-party data to satisfy consumers and agents, expand their reach and shrink sales cycles.

Insurance can be complicated and even the best-informed consumer wants advice - from family, friends and professionals. And that's where the opportunity for differentiation lays for insurers.

Joe Nestegard fills the slot vacated by Rhett Rayburn, who has been named VP of GEICO’s southeast region in Georgia.

The technology, legal framework and customer expectations have reached a point where carriers need to implement e-signature capabilities, according to Novarica.

Steven Zabel, former SVP of long-term care insurance, CFO of insurance products and SVP of audit for Genworth, will oversee Unum's enterprise risk management program.

New unit created to provide specialty treaty reinsurance solutions on both a quota-share and excess-of-loss basis.

The number of legacy systems in the P&C space continues to decrease. However, the overall success rate of the replacement projects remains relatively low, according to a recent SMA report.

Application intended to automate policy-, billing- and claims-administration functions for auto insurer.

Departing his role of COO for the Insurance Services Businesses unit, Kevin Tobin will take on his new role starting August 1.

The midsize specialty insurer built a unified agent portal that also serves its underwriters.

The specialty property/casualty insurer expands its global capabilities with the acquisition, which is expected to close in Q4 2013.

U.S. pension funds have been key in boosting the global reinsurance market’s capital base and helped reinsurers pay insurer claims arising from major disasters such as 2011’s earthquake in Japan and 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, according to the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Insured Rating designed to enable web access to rating software for the insurer's managing general agents.

Lack of confidence comes from not understanding their company’s exposure to operational, regulatory/compliance or financial risk, according to recent survey results.