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Fiserv's CEO says the company would like to capitalize on Fidelity National Information Services's planned acquisition of Metavante Technologies Inc.

The troubled insurer announced that in an effort to cut costs, it's ending sales of variable annuities in Japan and the U.K.

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY FOR RISK INSPECTION

Iterative methodologies and sound product architectures reduce risk, and yield faster return on investment.

While the advantages of solid state hard drives are legion, it may be a while before they make a big impact in insurance data centers.

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A new survey finds widespread enthusiasm for the benefits realized from innovation, tempered with the reality of tight information technology budgets.

Predictive modeling may be a useful tool, but it shouldn't be used as

Insurers may not want to dismiss aggregators as "just another agency" - most are poised to deliver on a unique value proposition.

As computational needs of actuaries swell, distributed computing is gaining sway.

Property/casualty firms are offering agent portals with rich functionality to reduce costs and appeal to agents' pressing needs.

Economic concerns and volatility in the marketplace have changed the

Legislative moves to squash systemic risk may portend a heavier hand in insurance regulation.

Insurers' use of Web 2.0 strategies and other rich Internet applications have allowed them to harvest a new audience.

While long ubiquitous in business-to-business transactions, internal use of standards is becoming more prevalent in the era of service-oriented architectures.

Celent's recent survey of independent agents and insurers found that 60% of respondents said less than half of their sales and issuance activities are automated.

Due to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, federal regulators may now require written policies and procedures and periodic compliance reviews.

An AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. survey finds that 61% of men and 51% of women said they planned to shift the asset mix of their investments in response to the changing markets.

The data supporting its use are statistically irrefutable, and the benefits to consumers are significant, Hartwig says.

Physicians offer advice on how to define “meaningful use” of electronic health records.