Policy adminstration

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.

CMS served Aetna with an intermediate sanction notice because the insurer didn't comply with rules about changing drug-plan designs.

The iPad may help in achieving mass adoption of electronic signatures in the agent channel.

Report says proposed changes to USDA program would tighten margins for participating companies.

IIABA’s new senior director for government affairs, Ryan Young, brings Republican representation and Capitol Hill experience.

AmWINS Group Inc. and Colemont Insurance Brokers will operate under the AmWINS Group name, and will be composed of four divisions.

In its first report profiling IT service vendors for the insurance industry, Boston-based insurance consultancy Celent concludes that the most successful partnerships insurers have with IT service vendors those that are not just about replacing staff or lowering costs. Though a cost-minded insurer may find significantly lower expense from a good relationship with an IT service vendor, many find these engagements save costs in one area while requiring unexpected expenditures in others. The best partnerships, Celent says, are those that are long-term, strategic engagements in which a vendor is leveraged to bring in new expertise, add both technology and domain knowledge to the business, and is relied on as a true partner.

The latest results collected from Northwestern Mutual’s Optimism Barometer, an online measurement tool, indicate a distinct upward trend in positive outlooks among Americans, despite the near-term challenges of the current economic climate. Most notably, recent data has revealed a 60% year-over-year jump in people who scored at the highest end of the optimism scale.

Brendan Voss will help establish new policies and procedures for the settlement of claims.

Messaging and e-mail are the best starting points for insurers, experts say.

Macroeconomic climate and soft market are dampening insurance merger activity, reports find.