Policy adminstration

For the fifth consecutive year, INN is pleased to recognize and congratulate 10 of the insurance industry's most extraordinary female leaders.

Car insurance has been on the market since 1897—six years after the first recorded car accident.

Hyper-social product development and innovation are the next frontier for insurance companies.

Mitchell International says Scene Diagram enhances speed, consistency and control of the claim-handling process with graphical accident depiction capabilities.

LIMRA survey says that 30% of U.S. households have no life insurance whatsoever.

The first half of 2010 showed stabilization of capital and earnings for European insurers, but conditions remain challenging.

Data center managers need to review strategies to prioritize operations and minimize disruptions.

Insurers and agents are making better use of aggregators, social media and micro sites to garner new business.

As legacy claims systems show their age, carriers need to consider both strategic business benefits and the promise of technology.

After an award-winning multi-year project, Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance is revamping its core policy processing system for its commercial, general liability and homeowners' lines.

Reinsurance Association of America says the P&C reinsurers it studied wrote $12.3 billion of net premiums during the first half of 2010, down slightly from last year.

Beacon Research report finds total sales of fixed annuities rose to $19.4 billion.

New paper from Deloitte assesses risk management issues surrounding the use of social media technologies.

Path still uncertain, says FEMA, insured losses still a guess.

Agencies react to HealthSpring’s acquisition plan; S&P affirms negative outlook of Markel Corp., revises view of UnitedHealth; Fitch affirms Humana.

Insurers should ensure that the Web portals being used to simplify transactions with agents and customers don't make things harder on them.

As part of its plan, the insurer hired Denise Diana as VP, retirement plans mid-market.

Bounties on defects make a lot of fiscal sense.

Plan includes new hire, series of forums for financial advisors.

Latest Fortran Builder release includes more features from Fortran 2003 and an improved random number generator.