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Insurance & Technology
February 5, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
IVANS: P&C Insurers Prioritize Retention, Compliance and Operational Transformation in 2010 IT Spend Facing a negative outlook, insurance carriers are investing in IT to shore up their customer base, prepare for an evolving regulatory compliance regime, find customer retention, and find new sources of efficiency.   |
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
February 9, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
No Rest for the Compliance Weary in 2004 Many insurance carriers are playing post-deadline compliance catch-up in 2004. |
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. |
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
March 5, 2008
David West |
Exclusive Research Report: Insurance IT Spending Slowdown Already Upon Us, TowerGroup Says Although TowerGroup previously observed an upward trend in insurance carriers' IT spending with an anticipated slowing in spending by 2009, the latest research suggests that the slowdown already is upon us. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Vincent Oliva |
Take Risk Management and Compliance to the Next Level A seemingly never-ending wave of new compliance directives is perplexing insurance companies around the world, sowing confusion among insurers about how they should respond. |
Insurance & Technology
November 25, 2003
Julie Gallagher |
Fraud Spurs Analytic Spending Driven by regulatory compliance and risk management needs, European financial services institutions will spend $4.8 billion on business intelligence and analytic technologies by 2006. Insurers will contribute to this trend despite the fact that they are still a little behind other FSIs when it comes to their use of analytics. |
Insurance & Technology
August 10, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Rating Risk Fitch Ratings unveiled Prism, a global economic insurance capital model that will be added to its evaluations of carriers' enterprise risk management. |
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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. |
Insurance & Technology
May 2, 2008
Nathan Conz |
Managed Competition in Massachusetts Leads to Technology Challenges April 1st marked the beginning of the Massachusetts' new and less-regulated automobile insurance system, known as managed competition. The switch will be a huge change - particularly from an operations and technology standpoint. |
Insurance & Technology
January 25, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Underwriting Updated How are insurers making the underwriting process more efficient to improve profits?... What emerging technologies can help insurers improve the underwriting process?... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
April 21, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
NAIC Meeting's Emphasis on Solvency Will Drive Insurance IT Spend The NAIC's Solvency Modernization Initiative will drive regulation that supports global regulatory transparency and necessitate risk management and reporting technology modernization, according to Deloitte. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007 |
ACLI Responds To New York Times On Long-Term Care Insurance American Council of Life Insurers President and CEO Frank Keating made the following statement in response to the March 26 New York Times article "Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers." |
Insurance & Technology
July 19, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
Modernization Boosts Speed to Market The more states that opt into the NAIC's Interstate Insurance Product Regulations Compact, the better off carriers will be. |
Insurance & Technology
May 28, 2008
Nathan Conz |
Insurers Taking More Unified Approach to Compliance Compliance is becoming the key component of core systems -- especially within the insurance industry. It means complying with state-to-state insurance regulations; but it also means establishing an anti-money laundering program. |
Insurance & Technology
January 28, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Legislative Reform Remains a Long-Term Issue for Health Insurance IT The death of proposed reform legislation in Washington could mean more rather than less regulation for the insurance industry. But it is unlikely to change the course of IT investment influenced by long-term reform considerations. |
Insurance & Technology
December 20, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Passing the Spitzer Test The New York Attorney General's deep probe into the insurance industry will result in greater-than-ever demands for transparency in carrier-distributor relationships. |
Insurance & Technology
July 10, 2008
Brady Polansky |
Technology Must Be Seamless and Consistent Between Carriers Insurers have to enable Web services to agencies in a way that it becomes seamless. |
Registered Rep.
July 25, 2011
Lena S. Rizkallah |
Are the New Dodd-Frank Regulations Good for the Insurance Business? While the Dodd-Frank Act will impose additional restrictions on previously unregulated areas in the financial industry, it may also set additional limitations in place on the insurance industry, which some advisors view as unnecessary and others beneficial. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
An Eye on the Future Insurance industry association executives speculate on the most important issues and challenges facing the insurance industry in 2007. |
Insurance & Technology
August 10, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Deadline Debate The Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2006 includes a recommendation that Congress require providers and payers to switch to ICD-10 by 2009, however, AHIP and several insurance carriers are requesting the deadline be extended to 2012. |
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. |
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
April 20, 2010
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Virtual Roundtable: The Imperatives of Infrastructure Successfully responding to rapidly changing market conditions requires a flexible technology architecture. |
Insurance & Technology
May 28, 2008
Nathan Conz |
Compliance Becoming Key Component of Core Systems As insurers strive to holistically align their compliance cultures with day-to-day operations, a similar trend is emerging strictly within the technology realm. |
Insurance & Technology
August 26, 2007
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Workers' Compensation Carriers Agree: Business Intelligence, Analytics Critical To Market Success Industry experts discuss how improved data management and automation of manual processes are key to helping workers' compensation carriers build share in an increasingly competitive market. |
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. |
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
April 6, 2006
Katherine Burger |
Beyond the Crapshoot The product development process no longer is a dragged out, unscientific crapshoot. |
Insurance & Technology
April 14, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
SAS Releases New Insurance Risk Management Solution SAS Risk Management for Insurance will help life and P&C companies calculate risk-based capital and provide senior management with greater understanding of their company's risk and financial condition. |
Managed Care
June 2001
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Health Plans, Insurers Unsure About Likely Effect of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Insurers and financial institutions are flooding customers' mailboxes about their rights to protect medical and financial information under what's better known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. But just how GLB will affect health plans isn't totally clear... |
Bio-IT World
February 11, 2005
Judy Hanover |
Leveraging IT to Achieve Compliance Budgeting and measuring the success of compliance initiatives is a credibility issue for CIOs. |
InternetNews
February 2, 2006
Roy Mark |
EPIC Petition Catches FCC's Attention The Federal Communications Commission expects to open a proceeding next Friday on imposing stricter security standards for telephone carriers' handling of consumers' personal data. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 21, 2006
Cory Levine |
Inefficient Efforts: Firms Look to Break Down Their Isolated Compliance Processes Industry solution providers are coming up with new ways to unify compliance efforts across the organization, bringing efficiencies and benefits to the business from widely maligned regulatory mandates. |
Insurance & Technology
December 13, 2006 |
Striving to Stand Out Underwriting technology initiatives should be at the top of insurance carriers ' corporate and strategic priorities for 2007. |
Insurance & Technology
November 5, 2008
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Virtual Roundtable: Online Risk Industry experts discuss how to manage the risks, liabilities, and solutions associated with electronic processes and interactions related to conducting business over the Internet. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2009
Drew Robb |
Obama, Dems Could Mean New Compliance Regs The global financial meltdown and Democratic control of the White House and Congress will likely mean new corporate accountability regulations - and more work for storage administrators. |
Insurance & Technology
April 6, 2006
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Strong Incentive Automated compensations systems offer a way to improve efficiency, streamline compliance and attract agents. But legacy environments sand in the way of flexible commissions processes. |
