Ernst & Young’s 2013 outlook offers insights on the business and technology landscape for the P&C industry and proposes responses to stimulate growth.

Life insurer turns to Informatica to help shore up there customer experience infrastructure with improved master data management, enterprise data integration and data quality.

Telematics and four other big benefits of increasingly popular data-driven projects, outlined in a new report.

American International Group Inc., the insurer that repaid a U.S. bailout, raised HK$50 billion ($6.45 billion) from the sale of its remaining stake in AIA Group Ltd., pricing shares in the top half of the range. The Asian company’s shares dropped the most in almost five months.

Deferred income annuities will continue their ascension in the life sector, according to a 2013 forecast from the Insured Retirement Institute. The “State of the Industry” report also forecasts financially sound insurers, ongoing product innovation and demographic factors driving consumer demand for retirement income, which will balance economic forces such as low interest rates.

The three software tiers feature improved interoperability with external systems, enabling them to operate seamlessly within an insurer’s enterprise risk management platform.

Genworth study identifies four consumer groups most at risk of being underinsured, recommends annual insurance reviews.

QBE, the second largest force-placed insurer, says reductions could save consumers $98 million.

In the wake of Sandy, a study notes how insurers’ are seeing the benefits of embracing risks related to climate change.

CIO survey reveals the IT skills in highest demand such as database management.

Fitch finds the market’s capital position and surpluses remains strong, projects return to underwriting profitability in 2013.

Panel agrees that actuaries must advocate for the tools by presenting potential return-on-investment and other benefits.

Implementation of the web-based platform from ISCS is already under way, according to the mutual insurer.

Data is the new lifeblood of an enterprise, and to make up for years of ignoring it, insurers need to hire chief data officers.

The insurer has also been raising prices for some retirement products, and benefits from hedges against low interest rates. Kandarian is seeking to exit banking to limit oversight from the Federal Reserve, which rejected his plan to repurchase shares. A deal to sell deposits to General Electric Co. won approval yesterday from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

RiskIntegrity Solvency II Solution designed to help with calculating, consolidating and reporting on insurance portfolios.

With more incentive and interactive employer education, millennial workers indicate in new survey that they prioritize retirement savings.

Eight predictions surrounding the future of analytics within the enterprise from Tom Davenport, the International Institute for Analytics' director of research.

Strong balance sheet fundamentals and improved liquidity profile contribute to Fitch Ratings’ stable outlook for the sector.

Insurers are caught in a bind when it comes to business growth and preventing insurance fraud, according to a new report from Forrester, titled “Prevent Insurance Crime With The Four Cornerstones Of Better Fraud Management”; growth nowadays—which means emerging technologies such as mobile and social—inherently presents challenges and open doors to fraud risk.