UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, said earnings rose 15 percent, boosted by growth in its Optum technology business as well as enrollment gains.

Many will stop selling universal life with secondary guarantees and half expect to make major design and pricing changes; CFOs to make only moderate changes to staffing levels despite lack of in-house talent.

Insurer selects DataHub and InfoCenter to help increase responsiveness to customers, business partners.

The acquisition includes an image library that encompasses about 90 percent of U.S. structures.

One out of four cloud vendors may not be around a year from now. Will your data be there?

Four industry standouts landed in the top 10 of FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for work-from-home opportunities/telecommuting jobs in 2013.

Through its acquisition of Nest, Google soon will have access to even more personal data, positioning it to potentially enter the homeowners’ insurance market.

In newly created position, Denise Garth will be responsible for launching the firm’s innovation practice.

Business interruption and natural catastrophes pose the biggest threats, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer; for the first time, cybercrime and reputational loss enter the top 10 risks in United States.

The patient-mix is important to health insurers that would have to decide by the end of May whether to keep selling exchange plans in 2015.

SNL Insurance will offer clients the option of adding the iPartners reporting solution to their current subscription at a preferred rate.

Insurer launches AIG Financial Network financial services group and revamps its process for new advisors to include best-in-class systems for testing and training, as well as onboarding securities-licensed financial advisors.

Infogix to extend operational data controls capabilities, provide value to customers.

Through a a one-year contract, with an initial payment of $45 million, Accenture will take over construction of healthcare.gov.

Health insurers are in a tough place; asking the administration for a break is almost begging members of both parties to beat the snot out of them, but unless the administration bails them out they look set to lose quite a bit of money next year.

As global chief risk officer, J. Todd Daniels will be responsible for risk management for investments in both the United States and Japan.

In a recovering economy and armed with strong capital positions, life insurers and annuity providers should take the opportunity to become more customer centric through technology innovation, industry experts say.

While affirming its 2014 profit forecast, insurer said it was evaluating expectations for the new year.

5 Areas of Increasing IT Investment

Insurers will prioritize analytics, mobile and three other next-generation technologies in 2014, says Strategy Meets Action. Find out how the research and consulting firm came to these five.Throughout January, as SMA Founder Deb Smallwood details each of the five next-generation technologies — the current landscape of the technology, opportunities and challenges that come with the technology and action items for insurers.First up, Analytics and Big Data.