Insurers may want to keep an eye on how Google's Android-based payment system will offer payment firms and retailers more customer data and help them target ads to mobile users.

A new study shows that 86% of financial services pros use social media, up from 73% last year.

Allianz report highlights catastrophe-prone regions, climate change and the importance of preparedness.

Insurance association questions need for proposed solvency assessment tool as NAIC meets in Texas.

New reports list multi-line, life and health insurers with the lowest price to forward sales ratios.

While sales soared to a record high in 2010, they dropped sharply in Q4 thanks in part to Allstate exiting the bank market.

Phillip Grove, Business Applications Manager and CTO, Pacific Compensation Insurance Co., discusses his company's award-winning enterprise integration project using an SaaS model.  

If perception of risk depends on how it’s described, we need to look closely at the descriptions before making risk-based insurance decisions.

Much like how SOX spurred IT spend at the beginning of the last decade, the federal health care reform law is sparking a similar trend.

A.M. Best releases P&C financial results, showing State Farm, Allstate and Liberty Mutual with the highest net premiums written in 2010.

Berkshire Chairman’s visit to India coincides with expanded insurance operations on Subcontinent, but says foreign ownership cap will limit further investment.

Economy will be seriously altered after $309 billion in losses, but may be diffused against the country’s global market position.

One year after President Obama signed the bill, the vultures are anxiously circling.

Women are now placing more value on life insurance than men, according to a LIMRA study.

For many insurers, skill development in business analysis is often insufficient to maintain sustained performance at sufficient levels.

A year ago today, as President Obama signed the landmark Affordable Care Act into law, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) probably did not envision being in the center of a firestorm over its ultimate governance. But state regulators in Texas this week and next for the NAIC’s 2011 Spring Annual Meeting are indeed finding their industry-related activities under question from a consumers’ group.

Michael McRaith weighs in on the status of the Affordable Care Act, and its impact on insurers.

Consumers are spending $363 billion, or 14.7% more, on health care than traditionally reported, finds a Deloitte report.

Consumer-focused research shows Michigan, Louisiana and Oklahoma top the list of highest average car insurance rates.

Car manufacturers and consumer electronics giants are working together on a connectivity standard, but seem to be ignoring vehicle and data security.