Policy adminstration

The company cites its capitalization status, and “policyholder best interests” as reasons to reject government funding.

Progressive says plan is simplify and improve agents’ workflows and make it easier for them to conduct business with the carrier.

Electronic health records (EHR) software gets a boost from the Massachusetts Blues, but can they keep the momentum going?

Managing regulatory risk tops list of concerns for today's risk managers; burden expected to increase, according to ACE.

Key new rating variables that are being incorporated into insurers’ predictive models include homeowners rates by peril, homeowners rating by building characteristics, vehicle history and usage-based auto insurance, according to the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Microsoft is the latest vendor to climb into the clouds with its Azure platform, but slow on the uptake as other vendors use Microsoft’s ideology to get there first.

Predicting future losses up to $235 billion, study reveals only $30 billion of total economic losses along the California fault line are likely to be insured.

Until regulatory approval for the acquisition of the insurance companies is obtained, GMACI will continue to write reinsurance and collateralize obligations, which Maiden will reinsure on a 100% basis.

Fred Langhammer's sudden departure was announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Hartford’s CEO releases a statement saying the insurer’s capital position is more than sufficient for current market conditions as well as in the event markets deteriorate further.

Boulder, Colo. — Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), an IT management research and consulting firm, released a new advisory note, “What the Economic Crisis Means for IT Security and Risk Management.” In the advisory note, EMA research director, Scott Crawford, highlights the impact of the current financial industry meltdown, and its implications for the management of security and risk in IT.

Software, personnel transfer to AQS from ISO Insurance Technology Solutions

New whole company modeling and backtesting functions are designed to help insurance companies better manage financials.

The service will supply summarization and electronic delivery of life insurance policy application medical files and associated documents to support new business process.

Generation Y comes equipped with a new view of business and what is expected in a work environment.

GLOBAL CASE MANAGEMENT

ALLIANZ SELECTS RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Carriers can avoid policy admin system scalability nightmares through rigorous testing, growth assessments and legal legwork.

Also receiving recognition this year are four leaders who have successfully driven significant project and/or process improvements within their companies.

Nearly nine out of 10 consumers conducting transactions online have experienced problems.