Policy adminstration

Advice on some of insurance IT executives' biggest challenges, including data security, cloud computing, and recruiting and retaining talent was offered during a town hall meeting at last week’s IASA conference.

To increase market share and increase relevancy, Accenture says insurers must plan for the blurring between the digital and physical world, the rise of crowdsourcing, the advent of the data supply chain and three other trends.

While insurers have spent years and millions of dollars acquiring or replacing information systems, there is a lack alignment between companies’ business and IT organizations, according to a panel at America’s Health Insurance Plans Institute.

Peter Hancock oversees property/casualty insurance and will be CEO and president as of September 1.

West Bend selects Accenture’s Duck Creek Policy and Duck Creek Billing software to streamline operations and increase flexibility.

On day three at IASA’s 2014 Educational Conference and Business Show, we take a look at why all insurers should care about ORSA, and SMA's Karen Furtado evaluates the billing system market.

Several presenters at the Chicago Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s Women in Insurance event on June 3, 2014 offered leadership advice to attendees. Here are just a few of their comments:

Canadian insurer to implement policy admin, billing, claims and customer management.

The application will address PAS, new business, distribution management and group processing.

On day two at IASA’s 2014 Educational Conference and Business Show, insurers discuss what they're doing to inspire new talent, and Novarica's Robert McIsaac identifies the biggest disconnect between IT and the business.

Insurance platform provider to implement BRIDGE for policy admin and consumer portal.

Quicksolver policy admin system is now designed to offer users the ability to create and customize new insurance products and programs, using embedded bureau-based and company-specific content.

From day one at IASA’s 2014 Educational Conference and Business Show:• X by 2’s CIO Advocate Frank Petersmark identifies the biggest surprises during a core system project.• Insurers discuss what they are doing to impress their customers.• The threat of a diminishing knowledge workforce is real and insurers are taking action. • Beth Mercier, IASA’s outgoing president, reflects on some of the work that went behind this year’s show.

Learning fast from failure is a critical component to being able to compete against new and diverse challenges facing the insurance industry, note advisors.

WorkersCompExpert will replace Synergy’s core administration technology infrastructure.

New study shows that mobile consumer apps have become commonplace in personal lines insurance.

The Atlas cloud-based platform will help streamline commercial and personal lines operations.

As the insurance industry continues to grow, the ability for carriers to attract and retain top talent remains a significant challenge.

Ownership of tablets is growing; one-third of survey respondents said they are looking to replace their laptop with a tablet.

INN will be reporting from IASA's Annual Educational Conference and Business Show. Tune in.