UnitedHealth Group Lawsuit Advances

Standards groups see promise with establishing aligned interfaces, rules written into RFPs and SLAs, and harmonized government legislation.

Well-executed initiatives in the back office can deliver bottom-line savings, are you up to the task?

New analysis from Celent finds insurers delaying policy administration replacements as they brace for Solvency II.

Aetna, Cigna, The Hartford and Munich Re also among the first to release 2011 figures.

Chairman Steve Miller, who was to become interim AIG CEO if Bob Benmosche were unable to continue with the job, has accepted a position at another company.

In light of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's recent release of cloud guidelines, here are six good reasons to go to cloud and four reasons to be cautious.

Towers Watson surveys indicate that 55 percent of P&C CFOs and 59 percent of life CFOs are considering acquiring a company in the coming year.

Smartphones may take a back seat to the desire of UK drivers to adorn their vehicles with toys and window stickers that block the drivers’ view and result in potential accidents.

Survey results reveal 85 percent of insurers are outsourcing at least some work through variable staffing/staff augmentation, legacy app maintenance or data center/infrastructure management.

Carrier to continue focus on claim-handling, settlement service to its Lloyd’s market clients.

New Towers Watson survey, which queried 69 P&C insurers in the U.S. and Canada, found 85 percent of respondents saying they use or are planning to use predictive modeling.

New report details risk management best practices and mitigation strategies for cyber world.

As analytics becomes a key competitive differentiator, the skills needed to manage stores of data are in high demand.

Unprecedented catastrophe losses plagued industry financials and easily offset the notable increase in premiums written, A.M. Best reports.

IIABA backs legislation that would exclude agent compensation from medical loss ratio determination.

Varicent Software tapped to reduce dependence on internal IT staff and streamline compensation network.

Insurers: IT More Important than Ever

NICB is offering a compilation of every manual on CD in a searchable PDF format. NICB says the CD offers a single source of accurate information and can be searched by year or make of vehicle.

Department of Housing and Urban Development proposal an example of why insurers need to engage evolving regulatory risks, rather than bunker down and weather the current storm.