Policy adminstration

After more than 100 hours of interviews with insurance execs, SMA unearthed 10 common initiatives regarding market recovery and future changes.

Actuaries say insurers need to develop additional analysis techniques in face of scoring bans.

Aite Group report notes IT offerings, not domain expertise, as differentiation.

The companies will combine use of technologies to help insurers eradicate premium leakage, which they estimate to be around $3 billion per year.

SunGard Global Services, a 4,500-member consortium of SunGard’s consulting and technology teams, named Mack Gill president.

An IBM report recommends aggressive adoption of tools and platforms that foster collaboration between employee groups as a key to maximizing growth in this recovering economy.

Aon says the number of organizations seeking improved performance and decision-making with ERM has risen dramatically since in the wake of the financial meltdown.

If Tiger Woods' image can have such a profound effect on Gatorade and Nike's bottom lines, can characters in insurers' ad campaigns do the same?

As insurers emerge from the economic downturn, opportunities for growth may not follow traditional patterns, nor are things likely to improve as quickly as before.

Survey results raise questions about bancassurance being the preferred channel, as insurance Web sites and aggregators gain ground.

AIR TruExposure data solutions is available in live consulting or software format, which can be used with AIR’s Classic/2release.

Decision Research Corp. helped Unitrin Direct transfer its policy admin system to a Microsoft platform in less than a year.

Bill that extends flood insurance, COBRA subsidies, may go to vote later this week.

A.M. Best affirms Aflac, and Moody’s affirms Genworth.

The health insurer reveals an additional 521,761 members are at risk following the theft of 57 hard drives last year.

Recent security breaches have focused attention on Indian outsourcers at a time when they can least afford it.

The Insurance Integration Platform is designed to support StoneRiver’s recently released application system, StoneRiver Stream.

If workers’ comp premiums continue to moderate, it will be a clear sign that comp insurers are beginning to increase premiums, notes MarketScout.

Senators expected to vote soon on measure that could restore funding for lapsed program.

Addition of business intelligence systems to Cover-All’s growing portfolio positions the company to deliver additional technology offerings to existing insurance customers of both companies.