Technology
Technology
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New Enterprise 12.2 software includes iPad app and Risk Goggles, which are used to assess the risks and damages of various weather conditions.
July 23 -
Catastrophes costs were $340 million for the second quarter, down from $549 million a year ago.
July 23 -
The insurer selected the fully integrated platform in an effort to improve operational efficiency and keep pace with business growth and demands.
July 23 -
Social media and digitization have made it easy to get closer to customers; the question is how to use that knowledge and access without becoming invasive.
July 22 -
The first quarter of 2013 brought improved underwriting results, according to a new financial report from A.M. Best, which also lists the largest five P&C, personal insurers with their combined ratios.
July 22 -
As investments in data technology rise, so does the urgency to find talent to manage it, which has some in the industry pointing to chief data officers.
July 22 -
Insurers included on the Financial Stability Board's list of global systemically important insurers (G-SIIs) could see a modest improvement in their credit profiles due to the higher risk and capital management standards imposed on them, according to Fitch Ratings.
July 22 -
Management software designed to blend front- and back-office operations.
July 22 -
Among private auto insurers, GEICO and Liberty Mutual post double-digit increases; among homeowners insurers, direct incurred loss ratios shrink as premiums increase, according to SNL Financial report.
July 19 -
Insurer looks to ForgeRocks architecture to provide the power, economics and agility required to establish secure access controls for mission-critical applications at scale across any population.
July 19 -
Starr Insurance Holdings Inc., a member of the Starr Cos., has selected PolicyWriter as its policy administration platform for its general casualty, energy, environmental and commercial auto lines of business. PolicyWriter is a product of Adaptik Corp.
July 19 -
American International Group Inc. and Allianz SE are among insurers deemed systemically important by global financial rule makers, meaning they may face tougher capital standards and tighter regulation.
July 19 -
During the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s (IICF) Women in Insurance Global Conference in New York, June 12-14, INN sat down with four leaders at Farmers Insurance to discuss its Women’s Leadership Network. To read about this, click here. At the event the four leaders also touched on mentorship and sponsorship.
July 18 -
Minnesota Department of Commerce finds agents dismissal for failing to achieve sales quota violates state laws.
July 18 -
To expand its product offerings, distribution and geographic presence, Nevada General Insurance, a midsize P&C insurer, replaced its Web portal for policy quoting, issuance and endorsements with a packaged solution and integrated it with the policy administration system, enabling agent and direct-to-consumer sales.
July 18 -
Catastrophes are now a part of the New Normal. While there's nothing we can do to change the weather or other natural disasters, there are steps insurers can take to prepare themselves and their customers for what may come.
July 18 -
Cognizant, a provider of IT, consulting and business process outsourcing services, and XL Group, a global P&C, professional and specialty insurer, announced a mobile-enabled risk-engineering platform for Global Asset Protection Services (GAPS), XL Group’s property loss prevention services business.
July 18 -
Support of Microsoft SQL Server has been added to The Innovation Groups Insurer Suite. It has been validated with performance and efficiency testing in Microsoft's Redmond labs, Innovation Group said.
July 18 -
Insurers in the Software Business: The line between software providers and consumers is blurring
July 17 -
The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a group of regulators led by Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, voted to move New York-based MetLife into a third round of evaluation that may label the company systemically important, the insurer said yesterday in a statement. The designation indicates a firm could endanger the financial system if it were to fail.
July 17


