Insurance is said to be leading a tepid revival in IT spending for 2011, but the overall picture is anything but encouraging.

Actuaries propose metrics as regulators here and abroad work to determine which companies pose a systemic risk.

A rapidly growing focus on “in-app purchasing” will help insurers better engage their mobile customers.

Questionable claims rose 23% from 2008 to 2010; California, Florida, Texas, New York and Michigan generated 49% of those.

While mutual fund companies in general are not embracing mobile technologies to the degree that banks, credit cards and self-directed brokerages are TIAA-CREF and Vanguard stand out in terms of offering research and trades via mobile devices, according to Corporate Insight.

Insurers will benefit from “better, cheaper, faster” initiatives tied to hosted services by taking a thoughtful, common sense approach.

J.D. Power and Associates: Kaiser ranks highest in employer satisfaction among fully insured commercial health plans; UnitedHealthcare ranks highest among self-insured commercial health plans.

As information sources continue to grow, Gartner report outlines three topics for matching technology with business interest.

Industry applauds as Roy Woodall is nominated to serve as voting member on board formulating rules regarding systemic risk.

Nearly 60% of Americans aged 50 and older worry about long-term care costs and don’t feel confident that they’ll be able to meet those costs; only 16% feel financially prepared to finance their long-term care, according to Sun Life Financial survey.

IT and business disciplines divided at universities, contributing to shortage of rounded knowledge workers, study finds.

Insurers testify that long-term reauthorization of NFIP is vital.

The bottom line message for insurers and others in IT is to better manage cost controls, customers and efficiencies in supply chains help to meet business needs.

manager job descriptions altering from traditional infrastructure focus to being business agile and innovative, says new study.

Once master data management becomes a reality, companies that hope to truly leverage it will need a tool that marries different platforms, different architectures and different brands of MDM.

The Netezza release is specifically meant to tackle growing data sets from regulatory and compliance requirements in industries such as banking, insurance, health care and communications.

Allstate Files Million-Dollar Insurance Fraud Case in New York

The big economic question of the day has major implications for sellers of annuities.

My blog on “Why Do So Many IT Projects Fail” touched a nerve with readers who offered more possible reasons.

The insurance industry needs to emphasize mobile initiatives and begin to guide consumer expectations rather than sit back and watch.