Policy adminstration

Quicksolver will be used to support 27 types of coverage for entertainment production companies in 50 states; intended to cut quote-to-bind times and simplify rating and filing processes.

Six insurers in total have been recognized by the National Association for Female Executives for policies, practices and the number of women reaching the upper echelons of management.

Boosted by the impending release of the Apple Watch, wearable devices have received a fair amount of attention recently – and with good reason. This emergent technology has the potential to alter the way the health insurance industry operates on a fundamental level.

P&C insurer will implement InsuranceSuite and DataHub; PwC to assist with implementation.

Two-thirds of insurance companies intend to increase staff in 2015, according to the “Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study,” conducted by recruiting firm The Jacobson Group and industry benchmarking firm Ward Group. That is an increase of eight points since the July 2014 survey and the highest rate since 2009, when the survey began.

Financial leaders offer comments and remembrances; Benmosche’s career brought him to Chase Manhattan Bank, PaineWebber, MetLife and AIG.

Policy admin system chosen for ease of integration and speed of implementation, insurer says.

Benmosche came out of retirement in August 2009 to take over a company reeling from losses on failed housing-market bets, and led the insurer for half a decade.

Winners will be selected based on their ability to develop products and services with the potential to bring significant innovation to the industry.

Demand for technology, claims and actuarial positions is skyrocketing -- but those positions are the hardest to fill, according to The Jacobson and Ward Groups.

Novarica research shows that nearly 40 percent of P&C and life/health/annuity carriers are currently replacing or planning to replace a policy administration system.

Tina Workman, VP of accounting and assistant treasurer at Shelter, talks to INN about the challenge of re-engineering business processes with long-time staff as the company moved from a green-screen environment to cloud-based software.

AXA Capital Ventures is investing in companies that focus on customer acquisition, climate change, travel insurance and more.

Seven Iowa insurers, including The Principal, Delta Dental, and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance, are investors in the project, which provides capital and mentoring to six technology startups focusing on providing insurance-specific services.

Joe Dahlquist, who has been with the company since 2001, will serve as a bridge between IT and the business side.

Victims could includes millions of people who aren’t Anthem members, but used their Blue Cross or Blue Shield insurance in states, including Texas and Florida, where Anthem operates partnerships.

Financial strength, taking advantage of opportunistic ventures and market demand for products and channels ranked as the drivers of capital utilization decisions, according to Towers Watson.

Superfish uses image-recognition algorithms that watch where users point on their screens and suggest ads based on the images they’re looking at.

Version 3.0.10 of the core systems suite offers prefills and shortcuts intended to save time, as well as document management functionality.

Anticipated benefits of the new core systems suite include greater automation and streamlined processing, faster time to market, improved data integrity and lower cost of ownership.