The 35.3-percent increase in the industry’s nine-month pretax operating income reflects the improvement in underwriting results across all segments, according to A.M. Best.

U.S. life insurers are poised to outperform in the debt market next year as they invest premiums at higher interest rates, according to CreditSights.

Nearly all classes and regions declined, attributable to abundant capital, strong balance sheets and low CAT losses, Guy Carpenter said.

Profiling tools can quickly process and analyze large data sets and automatically produce a baseline profile, thus replacing the need to run manual queries.

On Dec. 23 alone, the healthcare.gov website supported as many as 83,000 users at the same time.

As the federal health-insurance exchange finds its footing, some state-run exchanges now are struggling with technology delays and low sign-up levels.

Let's face it, big data is dumb.

The extension was announced as healthcare.gov yesterday experienced a single-day record number of visits and consumers were moved into a queuing system deployed when the website approaches 50,000 simultaneous users.

Retirement Income Clearing Calculator to provide for choice, portability of guaranteed retirement income options.

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