Sale of common stock and senior notes have brought the mortgage insurer back into compliance with the risk-to-capital ratio and minimum policyholders' position requirements.

Given the importance of distribution management to P&C, life and annuity insurers in 2009, carriers should go one step further with PRM.

Gartner finds organizations drawn to SaaS hype failed to recognize downstream problems.

Sircon for Carriers is designed to streamline a producer’s lifecycle process by automating the licensing and appointing, producer compliance management and agent on-boarding aspects.

A.M. Best, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced ratings updates. The following are some of the most recent:

Survey reveals that 74% of nation’s insurers are hiring.

Nearly one-third of survey respondents use search engines first when researching policy options.

INN announces a call for nominations for the 2010 Women in Insurance Leadership program.

TransUnion’s Insurance Risk Index falls for the third consecutive quarter.

There is more good news for the life insurance industry as new numbers frame how far the industry has bounced back from the woes spurred by the financial crisis. According to 2009 statutory financial results for top-tier life insurers and life groups from SNL Financial, Charlottesville, Va., U.S. life insurers recovered all of the capital and surplus they lost amid the global financial crisis over the course of 2009.

There are many ways to store data, but mitigating risk must be priority No. 1.

Expert doubts annuity sales to be stellar in 2010 with unemployment to remain high.

A new study charts the progress of carriers in ease of doing business.

ISCS SurePower Innovation Policy Admin Suite is a Web- and SOA-based program designed to automate underwriting and manage claims.

With data exchange standards and technology maturing, the focus is moving toward implementation, architecture and advocacy.

Insurers use techniques—from virtualization to tiered storage—to draw down data center energy usage.

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Document management technology enabled two P&C insurers to clear the decks and focus on the essentials.

Employing predictive technologies can help carriers deal with fluctuations in staffing needs.

Pharmacists Mutual Selects Interactive Communications Suite