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A Georgetown University study finds evidence PPACA-mandated state health exchanges successfully harness free-market principles to help present coverage options and boost availability.

Social media may still be thought of as a separate emerging technology by insurers, but soon it will be the norm.

Still, MIT researchers warn that affordability remains a concern for families with high out-of-pocket spending, says this is the major risk to insurance affordability.

The separation of AAA's insurance and auto club businesses in Northern California, Utah and Nevada is the cause of the cutbacks.

SEC says controversial section 404(b) is not prohibitively burdensome to mid-sized companies.

FINRA last year advised brokers that social media content falls under regulatory requirements for record-keeping.

Technology should enable complete automation of underwriting to the point where getting insured is a simple plug-and-play process, but will that happen?

Aon, Crump, Cincinnati Financial and Kingsway Financial all announce new executive-level hires.

Guide is intended to help producers understand the complex federal law, enabling them to better help their clients' FMLA compliance efforts.

SCOR agrees to acquire Transamerica Re from AEGON, and AIG awaits regulatory approval on the divestiture of its Taiwan unit.

Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earn highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

However, the index remains in negative territory, as rising fuel costs have concerned many Americans, Bloomberg says.

Business intelligence spending slated to increase in 2011; demand is up, resources are down, according to study.

Oracle is throwing some cold water on the NFC hype; says tech’s performance too slow to be workable as an instant enabler of contact-less payments.

New report forecasts firming of pricing in property/casualty commercial lines by 2012.

A Deloitte study suggests leveraging analytics and investing in technology as two of the ways to enhance claims management for P&C insurers.

Life insurers may benefit from this trend if they provide products that meet consumers' demands, according to a Northwestern Mutual Life study.

Despite the highly publicized breach, Alliance Data's Q1 net income surged 85% to $86.4 million, from a year earlier.

Gartner study identified cloud computing as the top strategic technology investment for CIOs.

Markel Direct to offer clients new product innovation, increase share of the business insurance market.