Policy adminstration

P&C industry net income plummets 67 percent in the first half of 2011.

As part of the agreement, Progressive has granted a license to Allstate under Progressive’s usage-based insurance and policy-servicing patent portfolios.

Workers’ compensation insurer employs Perceptive Software to shore up inefficiencies in claims processing.

Michael Eisenson named to reinsurers board of directors, filling the vacancy left by retiring five-year board veteran Clement Dwyer.

Ratings agency wins award for third-consecutive year at the Reactions Global Awards 2011.

SAP partners share domain expertise in an effort to accelerate customer value from business analytics.

New Hampshire agent rises on national association leadership team.

Hemmed in by a soft pricingenvironment as well as regulatory and legislative pressures, insurance executive are looking to invest in technology to allay these concerns, according to a recent KPMG survey.

As copious new data sources and an improving array of storage and analytic technologies herald the onset of the Big Data era, insurers have some work to do just to keep afloat.

Strong executive sponsorship, getting staff buy-in and learning when to say "no" are key when beginning a large claims system replacement project.

Insurers are looking to IT-enabled capabilities that are directly relevant to business users or agent and customer experience.

15 minutes with Sharon Ludlow.

Amer Ahmed assumes role as head of reinsurance department effective January 1.

Men may not be as sure which of the sexes is safer, but they are more familiar with safety-related equipment installed in their motor vehicles.

Cameras as well as speed and GPS trackers employed to monitor driving; new venture hopes insurance companies will use services as incentive.

John Coomber will replace Allianz CEO as chairman of the global insurance industry initiative.

Industry groups are pleased that a short-term compromise will make the extension viable until next Tuesday when voting may extend it until November 18.

Rules would establish state exchanges and implement standards related to reinsurance and risk adjustment.

Real-time delivery of information from centralized cloud to customers the main feature offered with new DaaS product.

New software includes three new modules and catastrophe claims heat map updated in real time.