Practice management

Carriers developing mobile applications to educate, entertain consumers.

Company plans to benefit from resulted expanded products, agency network.

The Brownyard Group, a program administrator providing specialized insurance coverage for select industry groups, has formed a new division to serve as a facilitator between their agents/brokers and its underwriting and claims teams.

V3 Insurance Partners will use AgencyPortal to launch its V3 Internet Workers Compensation product.

No one would argue that the stakes in subsea deepwater drilling are high: Currently, investors are managing up to $2.5 trillion in deepwater wells across the globe. Deepwater oil production capacity (2,000 feet or deeper) has tripled since 2000 to five million barrels a day and has the potential to double again by 2015, according to Cambridge Energy Research Associates. There are now 14,000 deepwater wells worldwide.

Already renowned for its high levels of customer service, USAA continues to innovate in sales and distribution.

Swiss Re will leverage CSC’s CyberLife, Customer Service Accelerator and Claims Management Accelerator software for e-delivery and self-service capabilities.

Predicted uptick in portfolio systems technology spend sees vendors gearing up for rebound.

The company also has plans to offer mobile deposit for the Google Inc. Android version of Pocket Agent.

Insurer group hopes Mitchell's WorkCenter will reduce cycle time and increase customer satisfaction.

Customer satisfaction with auto insurers declined considerably from 2009, says report, but much of that may be tied to flawed perception.

New report details value proposition for using semantic Web technologies.

A survey ranks the underwriting processes most-influenced by technology, and the ways improving underwriting ops can aid collaboration.

New York-based MetLife confirmed that it priced a 75 million common share offering at $42 a share (below yesterday’s closing price of $42.73), to raise $3.15 billion to help fund the cash portion of it acquisition of American International Group Inc.'s American Life Insurance Co. (Alico).

The fourth annual INNovators Awards has been enhanced this year to include additional awards in three specific categories that recognize the full complement of insurance technology excellence across all aspects of the business.

Insurers want to engage distribution network, drum up sales with technology.

Banks are starting to allow non-Web banking customers to access their accounts via their mobile devices; would this also work for insurers?

Insurers must devise a plan to communicate with aggregators, properly utilize agents and create an effective multi-channel management strategy.

Regulators at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have directed The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., to provide additional details on $2.1 billion of securities that have traded at less than half of what the company says they're worth for more than a year, Bloomberg reports.

Health insurers using “accounting tricks” to undercut the MLR law, charges political action group.