Policy adminstration

Insurance is among the industries found to have significant scanning requirements due to a continued reliance on paper, according to a recent survey.

Barbara Luck will report to Ken Riegler, president of XL Group’s North American Casualty unit.

This month’s MarketScout report cites a stable personal lines market with a composite rate growth of 2 percent for August, while composite commercial P&C rates were also noted as steady at four percent.

Insurers’ recent SEC filings indicate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is continuing its investigation into whether mortgage insurers are complying with federal real-estate law.

A new survey from CompTIA finds more than three out of five companies are adding new types of skillsets to their IT departments to keep up with growing cloud requirements.

The technology challenges business models by potentially eroding premiums and profits, but also offers an opportunity for differentiation in a market historically driven by price.

Net income at Allianz rises 23 percent in the second quarter.

American Safety, CNA, Hartford, MetLife, Prudential and Willis announce second-quarter results.

Solution is designed to enable automated regression testing for policy administration and product changes.

With the costs and risks of dealing with closed insurance blocks increasing over time, insurers need to begin planning ahead.

Solutions to provide outsourced health and welfare benefits administration.

Underwriting service to link predictive analytics engine to the carrier's day-to-day decision-makers' workflow.

The property/casualty industry is facing a number of potentially transformational forces, including increasing competition, consumerization, the number of communications options for both agents and customers, social networking, and an evolving regulatory environment, according to Gartner’s “Hype Cycle for P&C Insurance, 2012.”

Uncertainties abound when cloud comes into the picture; while some questions may be situational, here are 10 that help assess where and how cloud will be useful.

Rules can become an enterprise's greatest vice if they are not maintained.

While most plans won't be finalized until September or October, insurers are already discussing priorities and starting to determine their technology-enabled business capabilities for 2013 and beyond.

In a down economy, insurance fraud is on the increase, but companies such as Allstate, Erie Insurance and CNA tune their technology to fight fraud and organized crime.

Susan Hood's command of her claims organization is only surpassed by her passion for claims excellence and for her people.

I recently wrote a news story for insurancenetworking.com that struck a chord with more people in the industry than I expected, becoming the most-shared news story from our site in June. While I take great pride in our work here, the popularity of this specific story produced a flurry of theories.

The new form of computing requires the same management and due diligence as any IT engagement, but insurers are finding areas in which to apply it.