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Insurance & Technology
February 9, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
Associations' Priorities Run the Gamut Insurance industry associations will seek to influence public policy and enforce technological efficiency in 2004.   |
Insurance & Technology
January 17, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Constant Change The coming year's regulatory and political agenda could result in requirements for reform and increasing technology investments, which could alter the business environment for property and casualty, life, and health insurers alike. |
Insurance & Technology
September 14, 2006
Maria Woehr |
One Charter to Rule Them All? Insurers, analysts and vendors are weighing the benefits and risks of the National Insurance Act of 2006 - a plan to adopt an optional federally chartered regulatory system - as well as the impact the federal regulation could have on IT systems. |
Insurance & Technology
May 3, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Opting In or Out? As the optional federal charter for insurers hits the Senate floor, industry leaders weigh cost savings and enhanced competition against possible risks to insurance carriers -- and policyholders. |
Registered Rep.
March 6, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Federal Regulator For Insurance Firms? Barney Frank says Yes. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank gave insurance lobbying groups something to argue about, saying he wants lawmakers to create an optional federal charter for insurance companies. |
Insurance & Technology
February 19, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
Tech Could Assist State-Based Reform Acknowledging that legacy technologies are not the only antiquated systems in insurance, carriers, trade associations and commissioners are aggressively approaching the regulatory reform of the insurance industry |
Insurance & Technology
February 19, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Federal Insurance Regulatory Proposal Draws Fire, Support Opponents of the National Insurance Consumer Protection and Regulatory Modernization Act (NICPRMA) call the bill an attempt to shoehorn optional federal charter into government regulatory activity meant to address systemic risk within financial services. |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Reform in Sight According to a recent study, regulatory compliance under the present state-by-state system will cost the life insurance industry $11 billion over the next decade. Still, given the recognition by all parties that change is needed, some kind of regulatory reform is inevitable. |
Insurance & Technology
November 14, 2007
Kim Dorgan |
Life Insurance Industry Would Benefit From Optional Federal Charter The future of insurance regulation remains one of the most critical issues facing the life insurance industry. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Winning With a New Mind-set The partnership of ACORD and LOMA to create a new, expanded conference event - the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum - signifies a new mind-set among insurance technology executives. |
Insurance & Technology
March 27, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Industry Groups React to Treasury Secretary's Statements to House Committee Speaking before the House Financial Services Committee, Geithner was forthright about the need for systemic risk regulation but his comments on optional federal charter were subject to interpretation. |
Insurance & Technology
November 10, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
IT Will Power Insurance Industry Response to Crisis Technology spending will be a critical factor for insurers wishing to both take advantage of opportunities provided by the current crisis and address heightened compliance and risk management concerns. |
Insurance & Technology
January 25, 2005
Cynthia Saccocia |
Did You Say Controlled Tech Spending? Aw, Not Again! Insurance is an industry that reacts decisively to its business cycles and urgently to intrusions of reality such as catastrophic claims, economic issues and regulation. |
Insurance & Technology
April 3, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Industry Reacts to Federal Insurance Regulation Bill Insurance industry associations argue the benefits or drawbacks of federal regulation, optional federal charter and the priority of addressing systemic risk over shortcomings of the existing state-based regulatory regime. |
Investment Advisor
August 2008
Marlene Y. Satter |
Careful What You Wish For Treasury proposes big change, but will insurance companies be happy? |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
One Step Closer Another step toward the adoption of an optional federal charter was taken at the end of September when Congressman Ed Royce introduced the National Insurance Act of 2006. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
IT Isn't Tapped for Compliance The insurance industry fails to embrace the full business value of IT when it comes to addressing regulatory requirements and instead relies primarily on manual processes and ad hoc measures |
Insurance & Technology
November 26, 2003
Cynthia Saccocia |
Placing Your Bets Technology Will insurers ante up on technology investments in front-office or back-office systems in 2004, or hold back? In this exclusive preview, TowerGroup assesses the field. |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2006
Maria Woehr |
The Big (Not So) Easy The Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee has approved legislation that the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America fears could raise rates for consumers and drive insurers that still are dealing with the effects of Hurricane Katrina from the Louisiana market. |
Insurance & Technology
November 28, 2005
Maria Woehr |
Going SERFFing The System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing may provide a possible solution to reforming the current insurance regulatory system. |
Insurance & Technology
July 27, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Investing Wisely Q: What are the key issues insurers face in terms of portfolio/investment management, and how are carriers addressing those issues?... Q: How can portfolio management systems and related technologies help insurers better manage, track and report on investments and financial performance?... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
March 17, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Senate Banking Committee Hears Divergent Testimony from P&C, Life Industry Representatives Frank Keating of the American Council of Life Insurers argued the need for a federal insurance regulator, while John T. Hill of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said his organization supported a reformed state-based system. |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
The Compliance Challenge Industry experts offer opinions on what the biggest challenges carriers currently face in terms of regulatory compliance. |
Investment Advisor
September 2006 |
Insurance Streamlining Insurers and investors of all stripes are having their day in the sun this summer with action on major legislation, including the streamlining of specialty and reinsurance regulations. |
Insurance & Technology
March 9, 2007
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
The Reinsurance Industry Looks Beyond Transaction Processing to Innovative Automation and Better Risk Management Here, experts discuss how the reinsurance industry is looking to automate information to improve risk management, business intelligence, workflow, claims and service. |
Insurance & Technology
January 17, 2006
Cynthia Saccocia |
Managing in the Best and Worst of Times The insurance industry leaders - from megaglobal insurers to small regional or niche carriers - are achieving excellence by concentrating on profitable growth and competitive advantage. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
Look On the Bright Side Rather than letting the clouds of regulation rain on their operations, insurers that look for compliance's silver lining have an opportunity to improve their business processes. |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2005
Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Eye of the Storm Insurers that implement processes and technologies for accurately assessing data and measuring risk across business lines and geographies before disaster strikes will weather the storm. |
Insurance & Technology
June 22, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Deloitte: Insurance M&A Likely to Increase in Late 2009 New report identifies five situations in which mergers are likely to increase, a strategic objectives checklist for insurance M&A and a four-phase approach to planning and executing M&A. |
Insurance & Technology
June 17, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Industry Reacts to President's Financial Service Regulation Reform Proposals President Obama's proposals include enhanced oversight of the insurance sector and the establishment of an Office of National Insurance. |
Insurance & Technology
May 28, 2008
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Accounting and Financial Systems: Technological Enhancements Offer Promise -- and Questions Insurers' accounting and financial systems -- including billing, annual reporting, portfolio management and investment management platforms -- are becoming increasingly integrated with other enterprise systems. |
Insurance & Technology
April 3, 2008
Katherine Burger |
No Surprises in Insurance Industry's Mixed Reception for Treasury Department's Endorsement of Optional Federal Charter Concerns about competitive advantage inspired the life insurance industry's welcome of the Treasury's call for an optional federal charter as part of broad regulatory reform proposals for financial services. |
Insurance & Technology
December 8, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Technology Outlook 2009: Sudden Change Though the financial services industry has seen a precipitous change in the business environment and will adopt austerity measures, insurers are likely to be opportunistic in their technology investments. |
Insurance & Technology
February 8, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
2004 Business Technology Forecast What are the critical trends and issues that will confront insurance technology executives and their organizations in the coming year? |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Insurance Industry Conference Looks at Terrorism, Drug Coverage, Malpractice Insurance and M&As The role of government in supplementing the private insurance industry and the industry's response to terrorism were recurrent themes at the seventh annual conference of Wharton's Financial Institutions Center and the Brookings Institution held earlier this month. |
Insurance & Technology
July 23, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Conning: Life Insurers Prepared for Optional Federal Charter Will Enjoy Competitive Advantage Insurers prepared for what Conning calls a likely single-licensure will gain a significant advantage in the event of federal regulation of some portion of the life insurance industry, according to the research firm. |
Insurance & Technology
August 19, 2004 |
Scoring Discrepency Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) opposes National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) recommendations on use of credit scores. |
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2008
Michael M. Monahan |
Improved Corporate Governance Will Allow Insurers to Better Compete Globally While an Optional Federal Charter would allow insurers to compete on a global stage, stricter governance, enabled by BPM, will be key to compliance. |
Insurance & Technology
May 28, 2008
Doug Sheehan |
Enhanced Investment Systems Offer Better Integration of Data The enhanced technical capabilities of external data providers is making it possible for insurers to have better integration with these data sources, having great potential to improve data accuracy, timeliness and efficiency. |
Insurance & Technology
July 25, 2005
Katherine Burger |
A Matter of Time Federal regulation of the U.S. insurance industry is coming - maybe not this year, or even for a few years, but it is inevitable. |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Web Services Connection A Q&A with insurance technology specialists on the adoption and implementation of Web services. |
Insurance & Technology
June 15, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Five Insurance Trade Groups Sign Statement Supporting Optional Federal Charter The statement will be presented at the June 16 hearing on Risk and Insurance House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2007
Emil Lee |
Disaster Preparedness: Are Insurers Ready for the Big One? With private insurers withdrawing from the coastal areas, leaving the taxpayers holding the bag, one wonders: What should investors do if the big one does hit? |
Insurance & Technology
January 25, 2005 |
Deja Vu All Over Again Many of the major areas of focus for senior insurance technology executives in the coming year will be familiar ones that have become even more pressing. Insurers will boost their offshore outsourcing activities and increasingly dip a toe into business process outsourcing (BPO). |
Insurance & Technology
May 21, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Senate Financial Reform Bill Mostly a Relief for Insurers The potential for duplicative federal insurance regulation did not materialize within the Restoring American Stability Act of 2010 passed by the Senate, but concerns still remain how the final law will affect the industry after passage through the House later this year. |
Insurance & Technology
June 30, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Trade Associations Mostly Relieved by Financial Reform Bill Deal Duplicative federal regulation of the insurance industry is essentially absent from the Dodd-Frank bill that emerged from a Marathon session in Congress June 25. |
Insurance & Technology
May 16, 2007
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Effective Vendor Management Enables Insurance Companies to Get the Most Out of Software, IT Services and Outsourcing Contracts Questions and answers about insurer/vendor relationships. |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2006
Katherine Burger |
Market Shifts There were few surprises at this year's ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum in Las Vegas, but there was evidence of some interesting trends. |
Insurance & Technology
March 25, 2008
Nathan Conz |
Chubb Standardizes and Automates Producer Appointment Process The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has implemented ACORD's standard producer appointment form and data standards. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
Lawmakers Push Insurance Tech In recognition of the changing technological environment and opportunities for e-commerce in insurance, The Illinois Department of Insurance is encouraging the industry to modernize insurance regulations. |
