Risk

The impending amendments offer adaptable insurers strategic advantages from the resulting structure, says a Conning Research study.

Seeking to address systemic risk, reps say they will soon introduce legislation to create national insurance regulator.

Despite the predicted IT spending crunch, new options abound for insurers looking to upgrade their risk management software applications.

An organization representing insurers asks the SEC for more inclusiveness and accountability in formulation of new rules.

The partnership will give National Unit access to a special investigations unit with a national scope.

The insurer of 125 Catholic dioceses will use the vendor’s STG Billing and Accounts Receivable system.

Proposals within the economic stimulus bill to expand HIPAA privacy rule provisions would have unintended consequences that could impede progress in using health information technology, according to Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans in Washington.

A transitional, if not transformational, environment is afoot for the U.S. P&C industry in 2009, says Ernst & Young, but before carriers take steps forward, concerns must be dispatched.

While the cat bond market proved its resilience as the market absorbed the impact of concurrent financial and property catastrophes, notes a Guy Carpenter briefing, disciplined risk is called for in 2009.

Nationwide's structure for finance process and policy

As data and compliance needs change, carriers are looking to automate one of the last bastions of manual processing.

More than just a technology, enterprise content management is a business strategy to successfully drive insurers into the future.

After public hearing, commissioners vote down plans to relax capital and surplus requirements.

Catastrophe and investment losses take a big toll on the balance sheet.

As the association holds public hearing to discuss changes to its solvency framework, while critics contend the issue has already been decided.

The asset management firm advises that adapting decision models is of paramount importance during this economic crisis.

Prior to last week’s passage of the economic stimulus package that included funds to ramp up health care IT nationwide, individual states had embraced it as a means of reducing medical errors and improving health care quality.

Association frames the debate over regulatory reform in a letter to President Obama.

The association hires two Capitol Hill veterans to lobby lawmakers.

KPMG survey finds deficiencies in key areas, including technology.