Policy adminstration

Judge denies insurer’s motion to dismiss case alleging company mishandled claims in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Apple nearly doubled the number of total Android activations of phones or tablets for enterprises in 2010, a report finds.

Mark Konen, president of Lincoln Insurance and Retirement Solutions, makes predictions about the year ahead.

A survey says small business decision-makers prefer tech-savvy insurers, but how many carriers currently have the tools in place to win their business?

Despite knowing exactly what their problem points are, less than half of senior executives believe their actions have been very effective, a study says.

Study suggests organizations are not leveraging cloud investments.

The Allstate Corp. announced that Anurag Chandra will join Allstate Financial as COO, effective Jan. 31. In his new role, Chandra will be responsible for product development, asset liability management, underwriting and wholesaling for the company's life and annuity lines of business. He will report to Matthew Winter, Allstate Financial's president and CEO.

SAS co-founder & CEO Jim Goodnight reflects on the promise and challenges surrounding business analytics technology.

Almost one-third of Brits believe that it's acceptable to commit home insurance fraud, a survey finds.

The proposed spending cuts would “frustrate” the ability of the SEC to fulfill its expansive new mandates under the act.

AHIP CEO Karen Ignagni voices serious concerns over accountable care organizations, essential benefits and exchanges.

Portal designed to reduce insurer risk, costs by boosting completion rates and data accuracy.

Kurt Hines to assume newly-created position that targets the insurer’s commercial lines strategic growth.

Allianz, Allstate, Assurant, SCOR and XL Ltd. all receive updates.

John Glomb ascends to the position from his previous role as SVP of underwriting.

A new Gartner report clarifies master data management misconceptions and definitions.

As he continues to battle cancer, American International Group’s Robert Benmosche says he will stay on as chief executive until 2012. In a statement, Benmosche, who says he is responding very well to “aggressive chemotherapy,” said he expects to work another 12 to 18 months before retiring. Benmosche took the helm at AIG in August 2009 as the company began selling assets to repay the U.S. government for $182.3 billion in assistance in received in 2008, including $40 billion from Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP).

Insurers may be able to learn from banks platform integration problems.

The finance and insurance industries reported the strongest plans to hire, followed by industries producing goods.

While many vendor calls to insurance execs aren't immediately valuable, maintaining an inward-facing world view and ignoring what's happening in the industry can be detrimental.