Insurance Networking News and Celent released INN’s sixth annual technology solution provider ranking for the insurance industry last night at an awards event held at the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum in Orlando.

System includes pre-loaded business rules engine and builds on CSC’s claims and risk management expertise.

Collaboration will progress with a proof of concept describing areas where ACORD data standards may map to XBRL insurance solvency and other business information taxonomies.

About 68 percent of European life insurers polled in a new survey have a positive outlook for their businesses in spite of ongoing market turbulence.

Company also releases actuarial calculation engine to reduce launch time for new products.

Association to roll out knowledge base and enhance social media capabilities on Website.

All three implementations will be deployed via private cloud.

Cloud is on everyone's radar—but not yet in everyone's data center.

These statistics surrounding disability insurance and public awareness from Sun Life’s recent report, titled “Will workers in America hope to dodge the bullet, remain blind to the risks or simply hide?” despite becoming familiar sights this month, remain startling given another fact cited by the report: Medical problems contribute to roughly half of all personal bankruptcies and home foreclosures in the United States.

The growth of countries such as China, Brazil and India will inevitably lead to more business being written, and that will need new capital to support it, and more insurers, according to Lloyd’s of London Chairman John Nelson. “The challenge we have is to grow the Lloyd’s footprint into the emerging growth countries,” he said in a statement on the company’s website. “There’s an opportunity for Lloyd’s and for the United States, in the high-growth economies. What I hope to see is a situation where brokers are extending their networks, picking up new business across the world and placing it at Lloyd’s.”

ACORD leadership discusses the organization’s achievements and ongoing efforts. 

Using the platform, the insurer was able to add new features such as an urgent care finder and information access for non-members.

With Don Desiderato's exit, the research and advisory firm pulls Transamerica’s chief architect to fill the gap.

Insurer looks to Accenture Claim Components software to improve customer service and align with previous policy administration and billing purchases from Duck Creek.

EMC, Employers Holdings, Jackson National Life Insurance, Nationwide and Presidential Life Corporation release their first-quarter figures.

New portal developed by Hanover Insurance Group provides sales agents and customer service representatives with constant connectivity to the enterprise.

Advocacy group presents New York City as the new hotbed for tech startups and IT careers.

With upgrades, a specialty writer aims for improved speed-to-market and process consistency across lines of business.

Two new studies show that the embrace of existing technologies, such as telematics, could soon have a dramatic effect on the insurance industry.

Latest version aims to improve functionality and flexibility of comprehensive risk management and compliance software.