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  • Infrastructure
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      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
      More Risk Management News
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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
      More Distribution News
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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
      More Customer Insight News
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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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  • Portfolio/Investment Management

      • Northwestern Mutual’s Enterprise Venture Fund Drives New Tech Adoption
        By Anthony O'Donnell | June 17, 2013
        The Milwaukee, Wisc.-based life insurer has taken the risk out of leading-edge technology exploration by creating a dedicated fund and project team.
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      • CIOs Need To Improve Budget Practices, Says Study
        By | June 05, 2013
        To keep up with the fast pace of business, CIOs must shift their budget strategy to bolster employee productivity.
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      • Is Big Data Insurers' Savior — Or Destroyer?
        By Kathy Burger | June 04, 2013
        Industry experts are warning that if insurance companies don’t master analytics and big data, someone else will — presenting a devastating competitive challenge.
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      • Lincoln Financial Group Names New VP & Managing Director Of Portfolio Management Analytics
        By Kathy Burger | May 21, 2013
        Credit risk management expert Paul Narayanan most recently headed Credit Risk Analytics at AIG Property Casualty.
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      • Agile Financial Management: Re-visioning the Budget Process
        By Peter Witham, UNIT4 Business Software | May 15, 2013
        To create an accurate budget you need visibility into a single set of data and the ability to see clear across your organization – regardless of geographic locations, currencies, and other barriers.
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      • Insurance CIOs Should Turn Conventional Transformational Wisdom on its Head
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 03, 2013
        X by 2's Ram Sundaram says insurers pursuing IT transformation should do the opposite of five rules that represent conventional wisdom.
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      • Insurance IT Pros Satisfied Despite Flat Salaries
        By Peggy Bresnick Kendler | May 01, 2013
        Insurance IT pros aren't seeing huge salary increases, but job satisfaction is high and opportunities abound for those with a passion for the business, our research shows.
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      • Conning/RASL Alliance Aims at Alternative Investment Strategies for Insurers
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 29, 2013
        The firms have adopted a "unique" approach will provide exposure to sources of return traditionally available only to investors in hedge funds but with significantly lower fees and capital charges as well as greater transparency and liquidity.
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      • Q&A: Republic Indemnity CIO Innovates on a Tight Budget
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 29, 2013
        Rao Tadepalli, CIO of Republic Indemnity, has found ways to innovate in a resource-constrained environment, finding efficiencies through digitizing documentation and improving efficiencies through core system transformation and process reengineering.
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      • A CIO’s First 100 Days: Seven Steps to SuccessSlideshow Article
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 26, 2013
        New York Life’s senior managing director and chief information officer in the company’s Investments Group recommends seven stages to complete a successful first 100 days, leading to longer-term success.
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      • Managing Marketing's IT Spend
        By Nathan Golia | April 25, 2013
        With so much marketing budget devoted to technological initiatives, IT needs a clear strategy to effectively manage those digital marketing dollars.
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      • Consider Both Costs and Benefits of Life Platform Modernization
        By Brian DeMaster, Accenture | April 15, 2013
        Life insurers contemplating platform need to have a clear view of the implications, and a well-defined, realistic road map as they weigh the considerable benefits.
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      • Technology and History Accelerate Insurers' Risk Management Evolution
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 11, 2013
        Insurance chief risk officers are rising to greater prominence within their organizations as regulation and technological possibilities drive rapid evolution of risk quantification technology and techniques.
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      • Specialty Insurers' Top 5 Tech Priorities
        By Nathan Golia | April 02, 2013
        A Novarica report indicates where specialty insurers are spending their IT budget.
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      • Maintaining Credibility in Project Estimation: Beware the Fudge Factor
        By Bruce F. Broussard, Jr., Insurity | April 01, 2013
        Project managers should focus on four key areas in order to successfully navigate the delicate balance between practical and preposterous project estimating.
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      • Sorting Vendors into Piles: The Proper Role of an RFP
        By Russ Bostick and Donn Vucovich, MVP Advisory Group | March 26, 2013
        The decision to issue an effective RFP primarily lies in an organization’s ability to answer five questions clearly.
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      • Big Data Not Yet A Best Practice In Insurance
        By Kathy Burger | March 20, 2013
        Big data is a hot topic across the insurance industry, but many carriers are stymied by the challenges of making a business case for the types of systems and infrastructure investments required to support a big data strategy, says Martina Conlon, a principal in the insurance practice of Novarica.
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      • IT’s Record of Failure Is Worse Than You Think
        By Anthony O'Donnell | March 14, 2013
        The record revealed by investigations into IT performance is bad. Unfortunately, according to author and former Guardian Life CIO Frank Wander, the truth is even worse.
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      • Nationwide CMO: 'I Have Double-Digit Million Dollars in IT Projects'
        By Nathan Golia | March 14, 2013
        Nationwide's EVP and CMO Matt Jauchius took Insurance & Technology through his process for managing marketing IT spend.
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      • What Should Be on the P&C Agenda for 2013
        By Michael A. Costonis, Accenture | March 11, 2013
        Whether through formal committees or ad hoc work groups, P&C insurers should have these four topics featured prominently on agenda for 2013.
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      • IT Spending Expected To Grow 5% In Financial Services
        By | March 06, 2013
        A new IDC report shows that as the economy stabilizes, financial firms will spend more on technology in 2013.
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      • Conning/Milliman Partnership Boosts Economic Capital Modeling
        By Anthony O'Donnell | March 05, 2013
        Linking Milliman’s MG-ALFA system with Conning’s GEMS Economic Scenario Generator will respond to regulators’ and raters increasing demand for stochastic modeling capabilities and foster a holistic approach to risk management.
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      • Ex-Infosys Exec Says Outsourcing Billing Should Be Based on Outcomes
        By Harichandan Arakali and Sumeet Chatterjee, Reuters | February 22, 2013
        A former Infosys Ltd executive is challenging the IT outsourcing industry's billing model by charging for results instead of basing fees on the time and labour put in by the armies of staff working for India's big firms.

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      • Dubai Financial Hub Sees Growth in Asia, Africa Business
        By Andrew Torchia, Reuters | February 14, 2013
        The Dubai International Financial Centre, a business zone, says it aims to double the number of companies there over five years by serving as a base for business with China, south Asia and Africa, not merely the Gulf.

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      • Realizing Insurance IT Value Requires New Tools, New Mindset
        By Bruce Brodie and Paul Frank, PwC | February 12, 2013
        Insurers typically spend three to five percent of their revenue on IT, but they spend only a very small fraction of that on determining if they are maximizing their investment. That needs to change.
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