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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
      More Architecture/Infrastructure News
    • Quick Links

      • 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
    • Top Story

      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
      More Policy Administration News
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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
    • 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.
    • 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
      More Claims News
    • Quick Links

      • 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
    • Top Story

      Northwestern Mutual’s Enterprise Venture Fund Drives New Tech Adoption
      The Milwaukee, Wisc.-based life insurer has taken the risk out of leading-edge technology exploration by creating a dedicated fund and project team.
    • Management Strategies News

      • Farmers Taps Yahoo Vet to Lead Digital Strategy
      • Travelers Acquires Dominion of Canada
      • Aegon Appoints Americas Exec Global CTO
      More Management Strategies News
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      • IASA Trend Watch: Mobile
      • Jackson National Life's Rapid Growth Drives Facilities, IT Expansion
      • 5 Market Forces Driving Change in Insurance Carriers' Strategy — Deloitte
      • AXA's New Life HQ Places Premium on Innovation
  • 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
      More Regulation News
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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
    • Quick Links

      • 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

      • Three Insurers Take The Plunge Into Telehealth
      • IPartners Signs South African Insurer
      • 4 Reasons to Invest in Direct Commercial Insurance Sales Platforms
      More Customer Insight News
    • Quick Links

      • 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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  • Pricing/Profit Optimization

      • 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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      • Gartner: Personal Loss Control Could Reduce Losses 20% by 2015
        By Anthony O'Donnell | June 14, 2013
        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.
        Be the first to comment
      • FirstBest Integrates Verisk Data with Underwriting Suite
        By Zarna Patel | June 13, 2013
        Version 5.0 of the company's Front Office Suite for underwriters includes integration with multiple data sources from Verisk Analytics' underwriting division.
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      • Big Data's Consumerization Angle
        By Kathy Burger | June 07, 2013
        As with mobile and social media, insurance company employees increasingly expect to have access to analytics and big data capabilities.
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      • Life Insurers Deliver Agent Ease Of Use With E-Signatures, E-Apps And Automated Underwriting
        By Anthony O'Donnell | June 06, 2013
        E-application, e-signature and automated underwriting capabilities help distributors sell life insurance.
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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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      • Hartford Steam Boiler Partners on Blackout Risk Tech
        By Nathan Golia | May 30, 2013
        The Munich Re unit has partnered with Atmospheric and Environmental Research to develop a technology that insurers and clients can use to assess blackout risk.
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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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      • 4 Key Benefits of SaaS Automated Systems for Life Insurers
        By Mitch Ludwig, Accenture Software. | May 23, 2013
        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.
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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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      • Would You Insure a Flying Car?
        By Nathan Golia | May 14, 2013
        At a time when the auto insurance industry is evaluating the potential impact of autonomous vehicles, there are actually "flying cars" being produced.
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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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      • Information as a Game Changer: Actuarial Analytics — Score Keeping, or Trusted Advice?
        By Paul Delbridge, Mark Purowitz, Punita Gandhi and Caitlin Marcoux, PwC | May 10, 2013
        There is a great opportunity to more effectively utilize actuaries’ advanced analytics and modelling expertise, and thereby change actuaries’ role from scorekeeping to one in which they create a significant, information-driven competitive advantage for the organization.
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      • Sanjay Pandey Named CIO of National Life Group
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 10, 2013
        Pandey seeks to build on his successful enhancements to agent ease of doing business undertaken during his tenure as CIO of Donegal Insurance Group.
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      • Underwriting Technology Matures: The Birth and Rise
        By Gail McGiffin, Ernst & Young LLP | May 07, 2013
        The next generation of underwriting talent will grow and thrive not by the oral history passed along from the prior generation, but by the ability to provide an environment fueled by superior rules, insight-driven analytics, real-time collaboration and faster execution.
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      • 6 Best Practices for Implementing Finance Software
        By Kathy Burger | May 07, 2013
        UNIT4 Business Software offers guidelines for implementing finance accounting software to support growth.
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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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      • New Novarica Analyst From CIO Side
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 02, 2013
        In his new role as analyst, former Navy Mutual CIO Tom Benton will report on core system transformation, IT strategy and project management, with a focus on life and annuity carriers.
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      • Signal to Noise: Nate Silver Offers Lesson on Controlling Big Data Complexity
        By Stuart Rose, SAS | April 30, 2013
        Simply adding more variables can amplify meaningless feedback and add complexity. Profitable use of big data for improved pricing accuracy and enhanced customer experience will require isolating predictive factors.
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      • Valen Analytics Launches Expanded InsureRight Platform for Enhanced Underwriting Performance
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 30, 2013
        The newly rebranded vendor's InsureRight offering, now covering all lines of business, is designed to give carriers statistically valid portfolio insights that they can distribute to individual underwriters in a simple, easy-to-understand language.
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      • ACORD Names Chief Standards Officer
        By Kathy Burger | April 23, 2013
        Former Zurich General Insurance executive Monique Hesseling joins the industry standards group as VP and chief standards officer, a new position.
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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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      • Patriot National Appoints Exec to Joint Underwriting/Marketing Position
        By Nathan Golia | April 17, 2013
        In this position, Paul Halter will work on expanding the business's footprint.
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      • Boston Marathon Bombing's Implications for Insurance
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 16, 2013
        The attack introduced new risks into social life, which will ultimately affect risk management, security measures and insurance.
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      • Main Street America Promotes Business Technology Head to AVP Level
        By Nathan Golia | April 03, 2013
        Lisa Murman is responsible for planning and developing underwriting and process automation solutions.
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