The mortgage insurer selected InsuranceSuite as its platform for underwriting, rating and policy administration, claims management and billing.

The acquisition results in the establishment of Hamilton Re, which will put heavy emphasis on data analytics, research and fully integrated technology.

Growth in premium and drop in losses results in an improved combined ratio of 95.8 percent for nine-months 2013 from 100.7 percent for nine-months 2012.

Kaiser Permanente will allow late payment for exchange plans but isn’t changing other policies in response to the government’s request, and WellPoint says its continuity-of-care policies will allow customers “to continue receiving care from an out-of-network provider for a specified period of time.”

Solutions selected to help insurer meet growth, audience expansion objectives.

P&C Insurers Look to Data and Analytics for Growth in 2014

The insurer is seeking to appeal to parents with technology that can disable their children’s mobile phones when they are behind the wheel and provide warnings when they drive too fast.

Telematics, predictive modeling, leadership and security all were among topics of interest in 2013.

Freestone Selects PCIS Platform

Verint Provides Workforce Optimization Solutions

State-Run HIX: Enrollment Up To 40% Higher Week-Over-Week

ACA Premium Deadline Extended 10 days by Insurers

The benefits of fact-based decision-making are clear to business managers in a broad range of disciplines, according to Gartner.

Despite tornadoes in the United States, flooding and hail in Europe and Typhoon Haiyan, in terms of insured losses, Swiss Re finds it was a comparatively moderate year.

Guidewire Releases Versions 8 of its Data Management and BI Products

The former Microsoft Corp. executive takes over as head of the effort to improve the federal health exchange.

The insurer has held talks with investment banks about a possible sale of its corporate-owned life-insurance unit, which could fetch around $200 million, according sources close to the matter.

Intact Financial Selects Guidewire Billing

In the past 12 months, GEICO has booked $18.11 billion in direct premiums, surpassing Allstate as second largest private auto insurer, according to SNL Financial.

The state’s largest health plan expands it use of the data-driven health care solutions to include the provider’s Health Insurance Marketplace services.