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      3 Reasons Insurance Carriers Should Bet on Mobile Technology
      In order to remain profitable, productive and competitive, insurers have seen the need to develop mobile capabilities to meet rapidly changing customer expectations.
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      • A Comeback for Native Mobile Apps in Insurance?
      • Insurance CIOs Are Reshaping Their IT Organizations to Fit the Times
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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.
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      • Capital Insurance Goes Native for Mobile Experience
      • Guidewire-Millbrook Deal Signals Value of Data for Differentiation
      • Motorists Replaces Legacy Reinsurance System With Effisoft's WebXL
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      • Underwriting Technology Matures: The Birth and Rise
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      • After a Decade of M&A, CFG Emerges Unified on Sapiens ALIS Policy Administration System
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      • Moore Tornado May Spur CAT Reserving Regulatory Reform
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      • Lincoln Financial Group Names New VP & Managing Director Of Portfolio Management Analytics
      • Aetna Names J.P. Morgan Vet New CISO
      • RMS Debuts the RMS (one) Real-Time Exposure and Risk Management Environment
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      • Moore Tornado May Spur CAT Reserving Regulatory Reform
      • Providence Health Plans Selects Colibrio's Tuo for Private Exchange
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      • Progressive Wants to Innovate in Commercial Auto, Too
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      • Moore Tornado May Spur CAT Reserving Regulatory Reform
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 24, 2013
        If insurers were permitted to put aside funds with favorable tax treatment, it would not take long to build up significant reserves that would be available in the event of a catastrophe, notes Howard Mills, chief advisor with Deloitte LLP's insurance industry group.
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      • 5 Market Forces Driving Change in Insurance Carriers' Strategy — Deloitte
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 15, 2013
        Gary Shaw, Deloitte's new insurance industry lead, talks about major market forces that the consulting firm's clients face.
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      • Providence Health Plans Selects Colibrio's Tuo for Private Exchange
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 12, 2013
        The carrier says Tuo addresses its need for an end-to-end portal solution as well as a repository of customer information and an internal workflow to support enrollment and customer relationship management.
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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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      • Insurer Group: Sharing Telematics Data Must Be Opt-In
        By Nathan Golia | May 03, 2013
        The Association of British Insurers tells its members that getting "explicit consent" from policyholders is a best practice when sharing telematics data outside core insurance practices.
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      • Exigen Fills Gap in Group Benefits Core System Solutions Market
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 30, 2013
        Celent's Chuck Johnston says its makes sense that compelling new solution offerings in the group administration space should come from property & casualty system vendors such as Exigen.
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      • After a Decade of M&A, CFG Emerges Unified on Sapiens ALIS Policy Administration System
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 30, 2013
        Along with significant efficiency and ease-of-doing-business benefits for agents, Columbian Financial Group will be able to build on its record of growth more effectively and efficiently through the operational unity afforded by its systems consolidation.
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      • 4 Health Insurance Reform Concerns Technology Can Address
        By Martyn Christian, Kofax | April 26, 2013
        Technology will offer the healthcare industry a means to fast-track the Affordable Care Act by delivering customer-driven processes that leverage information capture and smart process technology, cloud access and mobility, making compliance affordable to insurers.
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      • MetLife CEO Pushback at SIFI is One Voice Among Many
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 12, 2013
        Steven Kandarian's comments at the April 10 Capital Markets Summit harmonize with those of other carriers and industry associations in a rare case of unanimity.
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      • U.S. Agencies Told To Share Financial Systems
        By | March 29, 2013
        Obama administration hopes to save money and development time by pushing agencies toward shared services for all future financial systems.
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      • UK's Prudential Fined for Hiding AIA Takeover Plans
        By Reuters | March 27, 2013
        Prudential, Britain's largest insurer, has been fined 30 million pounds ($45.5 million) for failing to tell the UK financial regulator about its attempted takeover of Asian rival AIA three years ago.

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      • Some Healthcare Costs to Rise Under Affordable Care Act, Official Says
        By Jeff Mason and David Morgan, Reuters | March 27, 2013
        President Barack Obama's top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of the landmark 2010 healthcare restructuring due to take effect next year.

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      • Assurant Settles With N.Y. Over "Force-Placed" Insurance
        By Karen Freifeld and Ashutosh Pandey, Reuters | March 22, 2013
        Assurant Inc settled a New York probe of its "force-placed" insurance by agreeing to pay the state a $14 million penalty, refund some homeowner premiums and reform certain business practices.

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      • Should Insurers Automate E-mail Deletion?
        By Nathan Golia | March 13, 2013
        Regulation demands that insurers stick to their content storage policies in case of lawsuit. How regimented is your company?
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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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      • U.S. Health Insurers Launch TV War over Medicare Advantage Cuts
        By Reuters | March 07, 2013
        The U.S. health insurance industry is escalating its lobbying battle against a proposed Medicare Advantage pay cut to insurers by launching a television and online advertising campaign to garner public support among the program's 14 million beneficiaries.

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      • Most Large Employers to Keep Health Insurance Benefit: Survey
        By Caroline Humer, Reuters | March 07, 2013
        Most large employers don't expect to send their full-time employees to government health exchanges for insurance during the next five years, but some retirees and part-time workers will end up there, a new survey has found.

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      • Some U.S. Legislators Call for Cuts to Crop Insurance
        By Charles Abbott, Reuters | March 06, 2013
        A coalition of fiscal conservatives on Tuesday called for a steep cut in federal subsidies for crop insurance, setting up a clash with U.S. farm groups that see the program as their top priority in a new farm bill.

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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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      • Q&A: Progressive's Usage-Based Insurance Licensing Program Explained
        By Nathan Golia | March 05, 2013
        SMA's Mark Breading answers Insurance & Technology's burning questions about exactly how Progressive's licensing offer for usage-based insurance affects other interested carriers.
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      • Health Insurers Notified of Must-Offer Benefits Under Healthcare Reform
        By David Morgan, Reuters | February 21, 2013
        The Obama administration on Wednesday issued its long-awaited final rule on what states and insurers must do to provide the essential health benefits required in the individual and small-group market beginning in 2014 under the healthcare reform law.

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      • U.S. to Operate 26 State Health Exchanges with Little Local Help
        By Reuters | February 20, 2013
        The Obama administration said on Tuesday that it will operate federal online health insurance marketplaces in 26 of the 50 U.S. states with little or no input from local state officials.

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      • FIO Modernization Report 13 Months Late, Along With Other Deliverables
        By Anthony O'Donnell | February 15, 2013
        HFSC urges FIO to deliver "long overdue" reports and says it will work to limit the FIO from imposing unwarranted or excessive data collection burdens on the insurance sector or on small insurers in particular.
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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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      • Fireman's Fund Taps Wolters Kluwer for Insurance Compliance Solutions
        By Anthony O'Donnell | February 14, 2013
        Wolters Kluwers' NILS INsource and NILS INcompass solutions will help Fireman's Fund's compliance team simplify regulatory research while ensuring relevant regulatory changes are being implemented throughout the company.
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