Policy adminstration

Insurer aims to further educate employers on health care reform with online tools.

American International Group Inc. (AIG) has announced that Anthony Philip will take over as president and CEO of American International Co. Ltd. in Bermuda.

A committee of 11 insurer CIOs has selected nominees for the second-annual Novarica Research Council Impact Awards. Nominees include: AIG, Aegis, Erie Family Life, Great American, Nevada General, PURE, RLI and XL.

Veteran of Experian and The Hartford, Elizabeth Bock will be responsible for all aspects of the P&C Group’s finance functions.

Dana Lenahan comes to the insurer with 12 years of corporate litigation experience.

A new way of looking at technology and work, brought over from the manufacturing sector.

Announcement follows releases in Asia and the United Kingdom from earlier this year.

Insurance IT experts discuss the technology challenges insurers are facing, social business is demystified and several insurers make analytics, mobile moves.

The rating agency forecasts a calendar year combined ratio of 99.5 percent for 2013, which would make it the fourth year in the last 35 in which the market achieved an underwriting profit.

Two internal promotions announced for long-time veterans of the benefits insurer.

Eurobase Insurance Solutions, a global software and services provider to specialty and reinsurance markets, announced its platform, synergy2, this week at the ACORD LOMA conference in Las Vegas.

It may sound like an oversimplification to say that Data Mastery (DM) is the ability of an insurer to gain mastery of their data, so perhaps it would be better to say that DM is the ability of an insurer to gain business insight from raw data.

Celent’s first U.K. CIO Roundtable lends a varied discussion on the future of IT operations as well as engaging suppliers of innovation.

Gartner’s Harris-Ferrante, Celent’s Johnston and Novarica’s Josefowicz discussed and debated the changing insurance landscape, and suggested strategies and tactics for insurers.

IBM says software should enable the insurer to turn social media into an actionable communications channel.

High losses come despite a dramatic decrease in the number of tornadoes last month.

ViewPoint and Claim Canvas are cloud-based apps designed to be implemented within days by insurers with Guidewire software.

Small- to mid-size insurers are investing in PAS transformations more than ever, but most of them have yet to experience the growth in core business and delivery capabilities that they're looking for.

Berkshire Hathaway was listed fifth overall on the 2013 Fortune 500; Berkshire was the top-listed insurer out of the 36 that appeared overall. 11 insurers were landed in the top 100. In 2012, 14 insurers were in the top 100 and 46 were listed among the Fortune 500.

Ninety-eight percent of insurer respondents indicated that they have a woman serving in an executive position within their company, according the new “Women in Insurance Leadership Insight Report.” Yet, there is only one woman CEO at either a Fortune 500 or 1000 insurance company.