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Insurance & Technology October 10, 2007 Anthony O'Donnell |
Mutual of Omaha's Jim Hanson Favors IT Solutions That Increase Simplicity, Customer Relations During his 11-year tenure as head of Mutual of Omaha's technology organization Jim Hanson has driven increasingly greater efficiency and ease-of-use, and has launched a revenue-producing subsidiary. |
Insurance & Technology October 6, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Mutual of Omaha Made Most of Hanson's Experience Before He Moved On Before leaving Mutual of Omaha, Jim Hanson was involved in a critical ongoing initiative: implementing a service-oriented architecture and developing services that can be assembled and reused to speed the development of business applications. |
Insurance & Technology October 28, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Mutual of Omaha Goes into Production with FINEOS Claims The carrier will use the system to manage claims operations for its group employee benefits products, including short and long-term disability products. |
Insurance & Technology September 25, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurers Warm to Flexible Technology Architecture Changing customer and distributor demands, along with efficiency advantages, are driving adoption of flexible, service-based technology architecture at insurance carriers. |
Insurance & Technology November 4, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Mutual of Omaha Adopts iPipeline IGO e-App The contract calls for Mutual of Omaha to deploy full iGO electronic applications and drop tickets for its term life business. |
Insurance & Technology October 6, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
After a Summer Break, Steward Searches for his Next Challenge After taking the summer off to relax a little and help out with a serious illness in his family, Chris Steward, former CIO and VP of information systems at Arbella, is still innovating. He's been involved in an effort to develop standard data models for the P&C industry. |
Insurance & Technology January 17, 2006 Maria Woehr |
Foundation for Growth To support growth with a new benefits administration system, health and dental insurance carrier Mutual of Omaha implemented SunGard's COMPASS system. |
Insurance & Technology February 21, 2005 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
SOA: Plug and Play The obstacles and benefits for insurance companies interested in service-oriented architecture. |
Insurance & Technology June 14, 2005 Lisa Valentine |
Hitting the IT Target Robert Eshelbrenner discusses the technology strategy for Hastings Mutual. |
U.S. Banker June 2010 David Lagesse |
Going Against the Grain Jeffrey Schmid never got the memo that says insurance companies should only offer banking through the Internet. Bucking conventional wisdom, the CEO of Mutual of Omaha Bank is out to build a coast-to-coast, business-lending powerhouse, one small deal at a time. |
Bank Systems & Technology March 31, 2005 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
SOA A service-oriented architecture can provide a bank with the robust, resilient IT architecture it needs to grow, achieve speed-to-market and optimize customer service. |
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell |
Journey to Service-Oriented Architecture Fireman's Fund turns to service-oriented architecture in an effort to consolidate up to 70 percent of its technology applications with the goal of transforming its IT organization into a more efficient and more flexible operation. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
What's the Best Way for You to Invest? You've got a lot of choices in the financial services arena. |
Insurance & Technology July 23, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Mutual of Omaha Gains Agility and Efficiencies as It 'Greens' Its Technology Data center reconfiguration and server virtualization have yielded not only business agility benefits but also significant cost efficiencies related to environmentally friendly modifications to the physical plant and server farm. |
InternetNews March 15, 2007 Clint Boulton |
IBM Puts Its SOA Where Its Virtualization Is IBM is ushering virtualization to the SOA altar this week by splicing virtualization capabilities from its System p servers with SOA middleware to help customers boost hardware and software performance and ease maintenance pain. |
InternetNews November 9, 2005 Clint Boulton |
Exposing Legacy Apps to Today's SOAs HP today began offering Application Modernization Services to help bring customers' legacy software closer to Web services and service-oriented architectures. |
Insurance & Technology October 8, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Boxer Transitions to Academia 2007 Elite 8 honoree Mark Boxer left his position as president and CEO of operations at WellPoint earlier this year to pursue a Ph.D., with an eye toward a teaching career. |
CIO July 1, 2004 Elana Varon |
Mutual Benefits To regain investor confidence and improve the bottom line, the mutual fund industry needs to integrate transactions up and down the supply chain. |
Insurance & Technology October 8, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Grinnel Mutual Reinsurance's Mehmen Expands Focus on Business Partnerships Dennis Mehmen, Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company's CIO, believes the biggest technological development in the past 10 years is the collaboration of business and IT. |
PC Magazine September 7, 2004 Robert P. Lipschutz |
A Better Blueprint for Business Service-oriented architecture frees you from binding relationships with high-priced software consultants. |
Insurance & Technology August 10, 2006 |
Contracts EDS will create a customized Web-based portal for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts... Great American Insurance Group selected Duck Creek Technologies... Kingsway Financial Services will license Skywire Software's INsBridge...etc. |
CIO January 15, 2004 Todd Datz |
Service-Oriented Architecture SOAs promise to speed development and decrease integration time and effort -- but only if you implement them correctly. |
Insurance & Technology October 6, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Morris Leads Technology Initiatives at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Holly Morris, SVP and CIO for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, continues to demonstrate innovation, by harnessing the Internet and Web services technologies to enable the company to interact and serve members and field force in new ways. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007 |
International Flight Over the last three years, foreign mutual funds have posted annual returns twice those notched by the S&P 500, prompting investors to dump shares of U.S. stock funds and park that cash overseas in search of fatter returns. |
CIO April 15, 2006 Diann Daniel |
SOA Adoption Gains Momentum Implementation of service-oriented architecture is on the rise. A consultancy's survey of 306 U.S. IT executives found that 84 percent had an SOA project or would be starting one within the next year. |
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell |
Clauson Heads Group IT At Mutual of Omaha Following a three-year leadership role in information security at Mutual of Omaha, Steve Clauson has taken on the responsibility of leading all information services activities in support of the carrier's group benefit services operations and I/S customer service. |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Whatever You Do, Avoid Mutual Funds Funds can bring you a world of hurt, so be careful. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
CIO August 15, 2005 Christopher Lindquist |
A New Blueprint for IT A service-oriented architecture can be a powerful tool for changing your business-or a good way to boil the ocean. The keys to a successful SOA project are setting limits, mitigating risks, and giving the business what it wants and needs. |
Insurance & Technology October 6, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Web Now More of a Focus for Allstate's Brune Like many of her peers, Allstate SVP and CIO Catherine Brune's responsibilities get broader every day. |
Investment Advisor October 2009 |
The Soapbox: What You Need to Know About Hedge Fund Conversions Not all hedge funds can be seamlessly converted into mutual funds. |
Financial Advisor June 2008 Tracey Longo |
It's How You Arrive Scott Hansen, co-founder of Hanson McClain, has no intentions of increasing his $250,000 minimum for new clients. And if he could figure out a way to work with people who only had $100,000 to invest, he'd do it. |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Wondering About Magellan A recent Money magazine article asked a question that's on the minds of many mutual fund investors: "Can Magellan Bounce Back?" |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2004 |
Beating the Market Can an actively managed mutual fund consistently post market-beating returns? |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 |
Seeking Outstanding Mutual Funds Don't settle for below-average performance when you can earn average or better. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Dayana Yochim |
It's Time for Your Quarterly Cash Checkup Make sure your money is working hard and smart for your future. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
How Much Is Management Costing You? Be picky. Look at fees. Look at a fund's turnover, because the higher the turnover, the higher the taxes on gains will likely be. Look at the long-term returns, too, because given the thousands of mutual funds out there, many are run by not-very-good managers. |
Fast Company January 2002 George Anders |
7 Lessons From WaMu's Playbook Mergers and acquisitions are, once again, shaking up all kinds of industries. The big question: How do you do them right? Here's the playbook according to Washington Mutual, one of the best in the business... |
Investment Advisor January 2010 Robert F. Keane |
Cover Story: Reinvention Time Hanson McClain, named after its founding partners thinks it has figured out how to serve clients with lower asset levels. |
U.S. Banker November 2009 Steve Garmhausen |
Fulton Financial's Recipe for Recovery The bank s sagging brokerage unit reversed its fortunes when it ditched the commissions and switched to a fee-based model. Then it brought in a rainmaker. |
AskMen.com Luis Rodrigues |
Mutual funds With interest rates remaining as low as they are, more and more people are looking towards the stock market to earn a higher return on their money investing. |
CIO May 1, 2006 Galen Gruman |
SOA's True Challenge--It Ain't Technology To gain the business-IT alignment promised by service-oriented architecture, CIOs have to focus on process and architecture -- not just technology. |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2004 |
Whole Life vs. Term Life Whole and term are the two main forms of life insurance you should understand. Buy the kind of insurance that makes the most sense for you. |
Investment Advisor January 2010 Robert F. Keane |
The Power of Radio Every Saturday afternoon Scott Hanson and Pat McClain conduct a live call-in show called Hanson McClain Money Matters. |
InternetNews May 20, 2005 Clint Boulton |
IBM Plots SOA Integration Course IBM begins the next leg of its service-oriented architecture journey to lure customers. |
InternetNews October 3, 2007 Larry Barrett |
IBM Says No to 'Monolithic, Unchangeable Environments' IBM's new middleware enhancements and service offerings are designed to make life easier for companies migrating to SOA-based IT environments. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 1, 2007 Bart Narter |
The Role of SOA in 2007: Channel Forecast Service-oriented architecture is helping banks achieve a single view of the customer. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Old Mutual Spreads Its Wings It remains to be seen if Old Mutual's plans for growth will make this firm's funds worth owning, but one fund, Old Mutual Focused Fund, is already worth a look. |
Financial Advisor October 2006 Thomas M. Kostigen |
Discrimination, Or Keeping It Simple? Schwab boots funds that have cheaper share classes elsewhere. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 Kevin Burke |
Fidelity Goes Mass Market on Amazon Retail investors accustomed to buying personal finance books online can now purchase mutual funds from Amazon.com. |