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  • Infrastructure
    • Top Story

      Tech Must Play Critical Role in Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Debut
      Start up ventures without legacy burdens enjoy a great opportunity for a forward-looking management team to really embed analytics and digital communications into their strategy, but others can leverage technology for specialty success, suggests Martina Conlon, Novarica.
    • Architecture/Infrastructure News

      • Bring Your Own Service: The Next Wave in Collaboration?
      • A Comeback for Native Mobile Apps in Insurance?
      • Insurance CIOs Are Reshaping Their IT Organizations to Fit the Times
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      • Application Performance: A New Competitive Advantage in Insurance
      • 4 Things Insurers Really Want from Mobile
      • 3 Reasons Insurance Carriers Should Bet on Mobile Technology
      • Managing Marketing's IT Spend
  • Policy Administration
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      4 Key Benefits of SaaS Automated Systems for Life Insurers
      The potential benefits of automated systems for new business and underwriting – in terms of speed, accuracy, cost reduction and improved service – make for a compelling value proposition.
    • Policy Administration News

      • Most Insurers Seek Integrated Core Platform: SAP Survey
      • The Philadelphia Contributorship Chooses ISCS SurePower Innovation Suite
      • FirstBest Integrates Verisk Data with Underwriting Suite
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      • Underwriting Technology Matures: The Birth and Rise
      • What Commercial Insurers Can Learn from Manufacturers
      • Insurance CIOs Should Turn Conventional Transformational Wisdom on its Head
      • After a Decade of M&A, CFG Emerges Unified on Sapiens ALIS Policy Administration System
  • Claims
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      Gartner: Personal Loss Control Could Reduce Losses 20% by 2015
      What a new Gartner report terms "active loss prevention" could usher in a new era of insurer/policyholder cooperation in the prevention of loss of property and person — potentially reshaping consumers' perception of the value of the insurance industry.
    • Claims News

      • Most Insurers Seek Integrated Core Platform: SAP Survey
      • National Western Life Replaces Existing eApp With StoneRiver LifeApply
      • MEDfx Gets Michigan Designation as SSA Disability eClaims Tech Provider
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      • Application Performance: A New Competitive Advantage in Insurance
      • 10 Top Tweets from #IASA2013
      • IASA Trend Watch: Mobile
      • Insurer Says Blue Cod Solution Stood Test of Super Storm Sandy
  • Management Strategies
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      CIOs Must Be Leaders, Not Mere Technocrats
      Technical competence is never enough, at least not for inspiring excellence in execution in others, helping them to be better than the teams you're competing against.
    • Management Strategies News

      • Farmers Taps Yahoo Vet to Lead Digital Strategy
      • Travelers Acquires Dominion of Canada
      • Aegon Appoints Americas Exec Global CTO
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      • Northwestern Mutual’s Enterprise Venture Fund Drives New Tech Adoption
      • IASA Trend Watch: Mobile
      • Jackson National Life's Rapid Growth Drives Facilities, IT Expansion
      • 5 Market Forces Driving Change in Insurance Carriers' Strategy — Deloitte
  • Risk Management
    • Top Story

      Video: Sentry Takes Risk Management Portal Mobile
      The mobile version of Sentry Insight is meant to give commercial lines customers greater access to their claims information.
    • Risk Management News

      • Vertafore Commits to Single Sign-On
      • MagMutual Names New Risk Management VP
      • Hartford Steam Boiler Partners on Blackout Risk Tech
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      • Technology and History Accelerate Insurers' Risk Management Evolution
      • Big Data Boosts Enterprise Risk Management
      • Badass Diamond Heist Boosts Case for Loss Control Tech
      • Making ERM Part of an Insurer's Culture Requires People, Not Just Technology
  • Regulation
    • Top Story

      FIO and NYDFS: A Tale of Two Reports
      New York Insurance Commissioner Ben Lawsky's criticism of captive reinsurance deals appears sensationalist in light of the yesterday's FIO report and industry-side statements.
    • Regulation News

      • MEDfx Gets Michigan Designation as SSA Disability eClaims Tech Provider
      • Insurers Still Waiting for Regulatory Modernization Report
      • SAP's Camilion Buy Fuels New Compliance-Focused Launch
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      • 4 Key Issues from the Long-Delayed FIO Report
      • 5 Market Forces Driving Change in Insurance Carriers' Strategy — Deloitte
      • After a Decade of M&A, CFG Emerges Unified on Sapiens ALIS Policy Administration System
      • 4 Health Insurance Reform Concerns Technology Can Address
  • Distribution
    • Top Story

      Gartner: Personal Loss Control Could Reduce Losses 20% by 2015
      What a new Gartner report terms "active loss prevention" could usher in a new era of insurer/policyholder cooperation in the prevention of loss of property and person — potentially reshaping consumers' perception of the value of the insurance industry.
    • Distribution News

      • National Western Life Replaces Existing eApp With StoneRiver LifeApply
      • Lincoln Financial Distributors' Tech Strategy: Be Producer-Centric
      • Sentinel Security Life Adopts iPipeline iGO App-based Solution
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      • 3 Technologies Changing P&C Insurance Distribution
      • Tech-Enabled Closers Pursue Golden Leads in Insurance Sales
      • Life Insurers Deliver Agent Ease Of Use With E-Signatures, E-Apps And Automated Underwriting
      • CUNA Mutual Group Triples Annuity Sales With Gamified Sales Platform
  • Customer Insight
    • Top Story

      10 Top Tweets from #IASA2013
      Twitter activity around the IASA Educational Conference and Business Show increased this year with the promise of an iPad Mini to one prolific Tweeter. Here's some of the highlights.
    • Customer Insight News

      • Care West Insurance Engages Valen Analytics for Improve Underwriting Performance
      • Three Insurers Take The Plunge Into Telehealth
      • IPartners Signs South African Insurer
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      • Big Data's Consumerization Angle
      • More Analytics of Ingenie Telematics Data on the Horizon
      • Is Big Data Insurers' Savior — Or Destroyer?
      • 5 Agenda Items for the 2013 IASA Annual Conference
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  • Fraud

      • 5 Big Database Breaches Of Spring 2013
        By | June 04, 2013
        Learning from the most recent impactful breaches of 2013.
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      • 4 Things Insurers Really Want from MobileSlideshow Article
        By Nathan Golia | May 30, 2013
        FirstBest surveyed insurers to discover exactly what insurance company employees want in enterprise mobile capabilities.
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      • Bring Your Own Service: The Next Wave in Collaboration?
        By Kathy Burger | May 28, 2013
        A new Microsoft survey across 32 countries shows worker appetite for social tools is increasing. However, financial services firms may not be prepared to satisfy this appetite.
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      • NCIB Reports 27% Increase in Questionable Claims
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 17, 2013
        Insurers are responding to increased fraud activity with more anti-fraud technology budget, aimed at detecting potentially fraud as early as possible in the claims lifecycle.
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      • Big Data for Fraud Detection
        By James Ruotolo, SAS | May 16, 2013
        Insurers have lots of data, and they are finding new ways to leverage it. High-performance analytics technology is inspiring a whole new set of fraud detection capabilities.
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      • Selective Announces Executive Promotions in Claims and IT
        By Kathy Burger | May 13, 2013
        Among a roster of recent appointments and promotions announced by Selective Insurance were George Neale as SVP, Chief Claims Officer, and John Bresney as SVP, Application Delivery Services.
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      • Genworth Life Reduces Policy Cycle Times Nearly 70%
        By Anne Rawland Gabriel | April 19, 2013
        Genworth U.S. Life Companies reduces new policy cycle times from about 25 days to an average of eight by adopting Aplifi's multi-carrier electronic settlement platform.
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      • Xuber Launches in U.S. in Response to Demand for Modern Commercial Lines Solutions
        By | April 17, 2013
        The software business of Xchanging is offering an end-to-end module-based solution built on a single data model.
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      • Making Claims Data Actionable for Litigation Management
        By Hans Bengard, TyMetrix | April 10, 2013
        Implementing a consolidated litigation management solution helps insurers trim claim expense costs, streamline and automate workflows, and enforce best practices throughout the claims discipline.
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      • Business Frameworks – Transformational Acceleration Pedal
        By Pierre Gagné, Insurance Frameworks Inc. | April 08, 2013
        Over the last few years, there has been increasingly industry buzz about capability models, enterprise business frameworks, reference models, etc. What are they, how can organizations benefit from them, and what types of projects can leverage them?
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      • Tapping the Benefits of Text Mining for Fraud
        By James Ruotolo, SAS | February 21, 2013
        Text analytics can bridge the gap between structured and unstructured data, opening up the benefits of text mining for fraud detection.
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      • How Predictive Modeling Exposes Claims Scams
        By Nathan Golia | January 30, 2013
        Universal American has saved millions using a FICO predictive modeling tool to uncover fraud. Here's how.
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      • NAIC Names New CEO
        By Kathy Burger | January 22, 2013
        Former Senator Ben Nelson brings legislative, regulatory and executive experience to CEO role.
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      • Mercury Insurance Torches Car to Illustrate and Study Fraud
        By Anthony O'Donnell | December 07, 2012
        From personal experience, I've long known that insurance fraud was what might be called a "burning issue" for insurers and society at large, so it is perhaps appropriate that Mercury Insurance should torch a car — and send us a pretty awesome image — to call attention to the problem.
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      • Nationwide Continues Buy Strategy, Adding Detica NetReveal for Fraud
        By Nathan Golia | December 06, 2012
        The software "networks and scores related entities and records within a company’s data to expose networks of suspicious activity," according to a statement
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      • Manulife's Latest Move to Shore Up John Hancock: Tech Exec Moves to Ops
        By Nathan Golia | November 29, 2012
        Sebastian Pariath led a global IT transformation initiative for Manulife corporate before being named head of the company's US operations at John Hancock.
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      • Cost Shifting: A Fresh Look at Soft Fraud
        By James Ruotolo, SAS | November 25, 2012
        While safety has increased and frequency of injury has decreased, severity of injuries has increased, suggesting that medical providers are shifting costs from government and private health payers to casualty insurers.
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      • Obama, Romney Solutions to Stimulating the Economy
        By Reuters | November 06, 2012
        The health of the U.S. economy has been central to the campaign for the White House, with both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney seeking to convince voters they have a plan to usher in faster growth and job creation.

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      • Allstate Won't Apply Hurricane Deductibles for Sandy Victims
        By Kathy Burger | November 06, 2012
        Allstate and Allstate New Jersey say tropical cyclone and hurricane deductibles on property policies will not be applied for Northeast and several Mid-Atlantic states affected by last week's superstorm.
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      • Sandy's Aftermath: Dispatches from Hoboken, New Jersey
        By Kathy Burger | November 05, 2012
        Sandy's Aftermath: ispatches from Hoboken, New Jersey; reflections on community, loss, and the possible role of the insurance and banking industries.
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      • Sandy Appears to Be That Once-in-a-Lifetime Storm
        By Kathy Burger | October 29, 2012
        Sandy appears to be that once-in-a-lifetime storm; it's too early to know what the costs will be, but insurers' responses will be in the spotlight.
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      • A 12 Point Checklist for Automated Underwriting
        By Gino B. DiGregorio and Charity McGill, Accenture | October 25, 2012
        Automated underwriting systems offer the promise of better information and greater efficiency But insurers considering such systems should prepare a checklist to make sure that the systems address the underwriters’ concerns.
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      • Elite 8 2012: Brian LeClaire Is On A Data-Driven Healthcare Mission
        By Nathan Golia | October 16, 2012
        Humana's Brian LeClaire leads an organization deeply invested in leveraging the power of big data and advanced analytics to improve healthcare outcomes.
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      • Elite 8 2012: Graeme Boddy Accelerates IT Development To Stay Ahead
        By Nathan Golia | October 15, 2012
        For Builders Mutual CIO Graeme Boddy, the recession offered an opportunity to build infrastructure for a new kind of insurance agent and customer. Today, the company is reaping the rewards.
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      • Most Insurers See Predictive Analytics as Key to Fraud-Fighting: FICO/PCI Survey
        By Nathan Golia | October 04, 2012
        Other technologies highlighted as key to stopping fraud included link analysis, business rules and external databases.
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