In order to remain profitable, productive and competitive, insurers have seen the need to develop mobile capabilities to meet rapidly changing customer expectations.
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.
Registering for a Race Online? Insure Your FeeNovember 26, 2012Allianz' specialty arm is offering a way for race registrants to insure their fee in case of cancellation -- like the New York Marathon post-Sandy.
Allianz Names VP of Actuarial AnalyticsOctober 05, 2012Steve Thiel, who has experience working with IT at the organization, has been appointed VP of actuarial reporting and analysis.
Allianz Appoints Life Distribution HeadAugust 08, 2012Janelle Walter is promoted to director of life insurance sales, responsible for the development and execution of marketing strategies.
Allianz Life Appoints Leader for Policy Admin ProjectFebruary 22, 2012Jasmine Jirele is promoted to SVP of enterprise operations, leading operational and service processes including new business, in-force, operations controls, contact center, and related supporting functions, as well as one of the company's top initiatives:
5 Reasons Your IT Organization Went Over BudgetFebruary 21, 2012Cost overruns may seem like a fact of life in insurance technology, but there's no law that says you have to spend more than your budget. I&T identifies some easy-to-correct behaviors that can otherwise become budget busters.
Making Metrics Work for You: 5 Tips from the ExpertsFebruary 21, 2012Using key performance indicators to manage your IT resources isn't as easy as simply collecting data. It's what you do with that information that allows you to effect change.
Allianz Life Gets on the Social Media Train With VideosOctober 27, 2011We've reported on how social media is becoming popular among life and annuities carriers in an attempt to broaden their policyholder bases. The ways companies look to start a conversation, however, aren't all the same.
Allianz Life Names Jeff Palm CIO October 20, 2011Palm was most recently managing director-technology at from RBC Wealth Management (Minneapolis). Palm formerly held senior leadership roles in technology at Fingerhut/Federated, American Express, and Booz, Allen & Hamilton.
New Life & Annuities Sales Tool: Aging SimulationMarch 29, 2011Allianz is already looking to develop a version of Stanford University researchers' virtual technology that has been shown to encourage the saving impulse in young people who see a simulation of their older self.
