Is crowdsourcing a legitimate, sustainable method of solving business problems?

Paulson, rating agencies varied in their response to The Hartford’s decision to place individual annuity business into run off and pursue divestiture options for individual life, Woodbury Financial and retirement plans.

Study proves link between effective leadership and communication, gap between expectations of leaders and their ability to deliver.

While Mexico City felt tremors, homeowners—rather than businesses—took on most of the damage.

SAS reports release of in-memory engine designed specifically for business visualization of big data on nonproprietary hardware.

The fastest growth will be seen in Latin America, where IT spending will increase by 22 percent in 2012; IT spending in North America is expected to climb to $58 billion by 2014, according to new study.

Majority of U.S. employers expect benefits technology to surge as improvements in cost management, functionality and efficiency become a priority.

Placing its individual annuity business into runoff, The Hartford is pursuing the sale or "other strategic alternative" of its individual life, Woodbury Financial Services and retirement plans businesses.

Defaults on insured bonds are putting pressure on insurers that never fully recovered from the last decade's financial crisis.

Progressive companies say benefits help retain employees, increase employee productivity, and help attract talent, according to survey results.

Insurance IT budget decision makers believe technology is critical to serve, support customers: Forrester.

Three new products attempt to leverage the vendor’s acquisitions into a large market share of analytics innovation.

For dealing with the immense complexities behind regulatory and risk concerns, static data and spreadsheets may not cut it.

Responding to business requests for focus on growth and profitability, insurance CIOs are prioritizing core and back-office systems initiatives, including new business/underwriting, according to Celent report.

According to a new survey, cost containment leads employer concerns in 2012; safety also a worry.

If 2012 CAT losses continue to increase, the required payouts could deplete the capital base of insurers forcing them to merge or be acquired, according to report.

Seven state insurance commissioners among 15-member Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance; meeting agenda not set.

Its Replicated Stratified Sampling financial modeling tools and techniques are designed to work with an insurers' existing models and actuarial software.

USAA, The Hartford and Kaiser Permanente score highest on net promoter score study; Aetna and Anthem the lowest.

Automakers’ recent move to incorporate smartphone hubs into production and the recent outcries against distracted driving could put insurers in precarious position.