Policy adminstration

The Senator's plan would establish a timeline for accelerating the development, adoption and implementation of a set of operating rules for each HIPAA transaction.

First-tier offering will expand to include customized, bundled products.

With 40 years of reliability, there may still be a place for mainframes in insurance IT shops.

Latest release of Sircon for Agencies and Brokers designed to deliver advanced reporting of agent credentials.

Agency chosen from among 2,000 entrants for its online efficacy.

J. David Daniel, a Louisiana independent insurance agent, was tapped to lead the national association.

Department of Health and Human Services allocates $25 million for medical liability pilot initiative.

A mid-year report from IBM confirms that the World Wide Web is a very insecure place.

AIG board puts kibosh on plans of new CEO to use company jet for personal use, Bloomberg says.

New report finds the industry spent $15.5 million lobbying Congress in the first half of 2009.

Gulf Coast construction standards are 'woefully inadequate' to withstand storm flooding, study finds.

Study’s findings of a lack of FCPA compliance, coupled with a potential increase in federal enforcement activities, could prove a perfect storm for D&O insurers.

The Hartford and Business Insurance Now teamed to extend their partnership to include the home and auto.

Odds are more than a few insurers' IT projects were scrapped this year, but does it need to be that way going forward?

Organization of mutual insurers says that seeking to apply the Community Reinvestment Act to insurance companies would be “forcing a square peg into a round hole.”

Baucus’ bill proposes to expand coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans by creating nonprofit health insurance cooperatives, which require a $6B “fee” from the health insurance, pharma and clinical stakeholders to fund them.

Consequential bills will advance in House in the coming weeks, NAMIC says.

While insurers have unique challenges differentiating them from other industries, this shouldn’t deter efforts to apply BPM across the board.

IBM Cognos Express is designed to quickly deliver low-cost analysis, reporting and planning capabilities to mid-sized insurers.

Federal official says havoc ahead if Congress allows NFIP to lapse.