After what seemed like a lull over the holidays, spammers are back at it with renewed gusto, and social networking sites offer fertile ground for growth.

Property/casualty insurers will need to leverage analytics to alleviate pinch from soft market and low investment returns, says Ernst & Young.

Thanks to new distribution channels and self-service options, insurer IT spend drivers shifting from cost control to growth-enabling.

New report examines what carriers can do get the most out of today’s technology.

The forms are introduced in a new class of coverage in the advisory organization's Inland Marine Guide.

Former CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg says the insurer’s current strategy may hurt the company when P&C insurance prices decline.

The number of HSAs and HRAs increased to 5.7M in 2010, up from 1.2M in 2006; assets in these plans jumped to $7.7B in 2010 from $835.4M in 2006.

Underwriters had their work cut out for them last year trying to figure out these vehicular advancements.

IRI study finds room for growth as consumers remain unfamiliar with benefits of annuities.

Advocacy group alleges Allstate received an extra $20 million in premiums per year in California from its Your Choice Auto program.

The insurer takes its second stab at selling Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd., agreeing to a deal for $2.16 billion, pending regulatory approval.

Company says it will exit market to allocate resources elsewhere.

Saugatuck research shows cloud may comprise 65% or more of all new enterprise IT investments by 2015.

Cloud, technically speaking, may be a simple concept using existing technologies, but don't be fooled into thinking that's all it is.

New ioSafe model may appeal for rugged insurance field operations.

The NexJ solution is designed to integrate lead and contact info from multiple systems to provide a single view of the customer across the enterprise.

Insurers may be interested to learn how one financial institution is combating sophisticated malware attacks.

To say that small insurers have been hard hit by the recession is an understatement. Representing approximately $71B in direct premiums, the sector faces constraints affecting long-term growth. As most analysts will agree, the small insurance business market has been squeezed in a contraction not seen in decades, and in spite of expectations to the contrary, the market has not regrouped in 2010.

Share price of insurer expected to dip as newly announced warrants, government shares begin trading.

All four agencies withdraw ratings of AIG subsidiary, Fitch affirms New York Life, Moody's affirms State Farm Life Insurance Co.