Policy adminstration

Milwaukee — Marshall & Ilsley Corp., a diversified financial services corporation headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., announced the completion of its acquisition of Indianapolis-based First Indiana Corp. First Indiana, with $2.1 billion in consolidated assets, has 32 branches in Central Indiana.

Chicago – With the extension of TRIA at the close of 2007, one legislative issue that had divided the insurance industry was put to rest. Yet, another equally divisive legislative issue remains unsettled and may well come to the fore this year. While the National Insurance Act of 2007 was, like its predecessor in 2006, unable to make it out of committee, the issue of an optional federal charter for insurers appears to be as alive as ever.

Despite taking much longer than initially expected, e-signature adoption is picking up steam, but is it worth it?

A MetLife survey reveals that incoming Baby Boomers are an affluent, conservative bunch that still feel young, and acknowledge being a bit lax when it comes to obtaining adequate coverage for their own long-term care needs.

ERM platforms help gather data across siloed risk management domains, presenting an enterprisewide view of risk.

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The race to deliver new products to market requires innovation, agility and the ability to customize and support them.

Business departments need to be cognizant of the true cost of the technologies they use.

IT decision makers are starting to take action to minimize the amount of electricity data centers and servers consume.

With value delivery at its core, the "reinvention" of the Insurance Networking News Web site is designed to meet the information needs of the ever-changing insurance industry.

ITIL may be key to embedding service orientation into business processes through governance and management of SOA efforts.

Analysts and consultants weigh in on the status of insurers' IT spending. What is driving and/or restricting those purchases?

Sircon Corp. an Okemos, Mich., provider of comprehensive producer lifecycle services for the insurance industry, announced a partnership with the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors - Pennsylvania (NAIFA-PA), a statewide trade association representing approximately 2,300 licensed professionals who provide life, health and multiline insurance and related financial services in Pennsylvania.

Washington – President Bush gave his imprimatur to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization and Extension Act of 2007.

Okemos, Mich. — Sircon Corp., a provider of comprehensive producer lifecycle services for the insurance industry, announced its partnership with the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors - Pennsylvania (NAIFA-PA), a statewide trade association representing about 2,300 licensed professionals who provide life, health and multiline insurance and related financial services in Pennsylvania.

New York — Zurich Financial Services, one of the world’s largest property-casualty insurance companies, named Kevin McCracken as executive VP-casualty, and Joseph Tocco as executive VP-property, for the insurer’s Global Corporate in North America unit, effective Jan. 1, 2008. Both will now report to Paul Horgan, the unit’s newly appointed chief underwriting officer.

Tampa, Fla. — Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), a property loss reduction trade association of the property/casualty insurance industry, named Rod Matthews, underwriting VP, property/casualty, with State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., chairman of the board.

Denver — Jackson National Life Insurance Co. (Jackson) has strategically realigned the National Accounts group within Jackson National Life Distributors LLC (JNLD) in order to identify additional avenues for growth in the bank and regional broker-dealer channels, and expand Jackson’s presence among the company’s existing accounts.