Technology
Technology
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North American insurers ranked product pricing (51 percent versus 39 percent in 2010), risk strategy (48 percent versus 38 percent in 2010) and reinsurance strategy (44 percent versus 34 percent in 2010) as the areas of their business most impacted by their evolving enterprise risk management (ERM) programs, according to a new Towers Watson survey.
February 21 -
Indexed and deferred income annuity sales experience significant growth, but declining sales of fixed and variable annuities drag down total annuity sales.
February 21 -
Here's a sneak peek at our next installment of "A Day on the Job," with Nate Root, CNA's SVP of Shared Services. Check back on 2/28 for the full story.
February 21 -
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut make up 218,000 of the claims.
February 21 -
A new report highlights a wave of mobile-focused techniques spreading among hackers.
February 20 -
More than one-third (36 percent) of 18-to-29-year olds reported one or more traffic tickets in the past five years, the highest percentage of any age group surveyed, according to a survey from InsuranceQuotes.com.
February 20 -
In testimony, PCI points to studies indicating credit-based insurance scores are highly predictive and result in lower rates for more drivers.
February 20 -
Two-year modernization initiative will overhaul all Gerber Life's lines of business.
February 20 -
The convenience and scalability the cloud offers is too great for the industry to ignore any longer.
February 19 -
A new report from Celent outlines the process of going from a big data spectator to becoming a practitioner and more.
February 19 -
Of those insurers participating in the survey, most (57 percent) said UBI is predominantly a rating accuracy play, which SMA acknowledged as a logical assumption, as the auto insurance value proposition is primarily about price. However, 43 percent said UBIs value is in reducing loss costs by improving driver behavior and increasing retention (43 percent). Attracting new customers and claims control followed distantly, with 14 percent each.
February 19 -
The insurer will use the Insurance Scorecard platform to consolidate its multiple data sources for meaningful and actionable analysis.
February 19 -
After another year of meager growth, a new report from Gartner posits that this year businesses are primed for spikes in analytic adoption rates.
February 19 -
What do you get when you mix trillions of dollars in assets and a quasi-ignorant understanding of finance? Enter the Generation X and Generation Y consumers.
February 15 -
Arch Re, CNA, Main Street America, Marsh & McLennan, MetLife, Nationwide and Willis announce fourth-quarter and 2012 financials this week.
February 15 -
The Committee urges the Federal Insurance Office to submit its long overdue reports, including those on the insurance industry in general and recommendations to modernize and improve the U.S. regulation.
February 15 -
A new report contends that insurers that commit to analyzing data from social media will be able to better establish an ROI.
February 14 -
Trade agreements could enhance regulatory cooperation and efficiency, promote competition, and prevent regulatory gaps and overlaps.
February 14 -
Calls for improved information sharing and a set of standards should alleviate insurers' concerns with cybersecuritybut it also puts some pressure on insurers to update themselves along with the standards.
February 14 -
NILS INsource and NILS INcompass products designed to help monitor, implement regulatory changes.
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