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Insurance & Technology
February 5, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
Consolidation Laggards European and Asian life insurers have an edge over North American companies in policy administration systems consolidation.   |
Insurance & Technology
November 24, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Novarica: More Insurance Software M&A in 2010 Renewed M&A activity in the insurance software space in the latter half of 2009 presages a plethora of deals in the coming year, according to a new report by the New York-based research and advisory firm. |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2006
Katherine Burger |
Market Shifts There were few surprises at this year's ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum in Las Vegas, but there was evidence of some interesting trends. |
Insurance & Technology
August 10, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurity Enhances Its Range Hartford-based insurance technology vendor Insurity has added Java-based policy administration solutions to its menu with parent company ChoicePoint's acquisition of ePolicy Solutions. |
Insurance & Technology
March 18, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Top P&C Initiatives for 2005 Policy administration systems are a top priority this year for large and midsize P&C insurers, according to Celent's 2004 CIO/CTO survey |
Insurance & Technology
April 13, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Newer Policy Administration Systems Ease Transformation of Smaller Insurers As the insurance industry prepares for the next growth phase, small and medium-size carriers are taking advantage of rules-based policy administration packages to transform their capabilities and stand up to larger competitors. |
Insurance & Technology
May 28, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Vendor Acquisitions Could Reshape Insurance Technology Space Big players such as Oracle and HP make a commitment in the insurance industry, showing that they are willing to verticalize their offerings and that they believe that there's a long-term play in the industry. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
In With The New New offerings based on advanced technologies, as well as intensifying competitive pressures, make a strong argument for P&C legacy systems replacement. And while the case for life/health legacy replacement is not as strong, it is growing more persuasive with time. |
Insurance & Technology
May 5, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Novarica: Carriers Replace For Growth, Not Efficiency Anticipating a large number of policy administration projects likely to be undertaken in the near future, Novarica's reports reflect peer experience over the last decade. |
Insurance & Technology
February 6, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Document Automation Vendors Emerge As Enterprise Content Management Players As recent acquisitions in the content management space by HP and EMC demonstrate, in a Web-based world, solutions that focus on the end product rather than the storage location of content are becoming a focus of enterprise-wide content management solutions. |
Insurance & Technology
October 5, 2006 |
Complementary Styles, Collaborative Solutions Drawing on insights from his experience as both insurer CIO and vendor, Max Drucker reflects on the carrier-vendor divide. |
Insurance & Technology
April 15, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurers Seek Fewer, Deeper Partnerships With Technology Vendors Carriers seeking operational efficiency and growth are willing to invest in IT, but CIOs are cutting costs where they can and leveraging vendor capabilities for customized innovation. |
Insurance & Technology
November 7, 2008
Nathan Conz |
CSC's Java-based POINT IN Update Marks a New Beginning Moving to compete with new-technology systems vendors, CSC introduced a Java EE-compliant version of its POINT IN policy administration solution for P&C insurers. |
Insurance & Technology
September 1, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
Legacy Systems Yield To Modern Technologies The continued success of newer technology platforms is clarifying the likely future state of policy admin systems and reshaping how insurance carriers large and small think about legacy migration. |
Insurance & Technology
May 25, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Genpact, MajescoMastek Partnership Combines BPO and Tech Solutions Both parties plan to develop what they describe as innovative, platform-based business process management solutions across the industry value chain. |
Insurance & Technology
August 7, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Policy Admin System Replacement: Insurers Shift Focus From Systems to Functionalities Interboro Insurance Co.'s policy administration replacement initiative was in key respects a classic case. |
Insurance & Technology
February 19, 2004
Peggy Bresnick-Kendler |
Technology and the Urge To Merge Whether buying a smaller company at bargain prices or participating in a massive "merger of equals" deal, insurers must carefully evaluate IT compatibilities and costs. |
Insurance & Technology
November 26, 2003
Cynthia Saccocia |
Placing Your Bets Technology Will insurers ante up on technology investments in front-office or back-office systems in 2004, or hold back? In this exclusive preview, TowerGroup assesses the field. |
Insurance & Technology
December 16, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Priorities Will Shift, But Insurers' 2009 IT Spending Remains Healthy Given the ravages the financial crisis has wrought in the insurance industry, greater cost consciousness will return to insurance IT organizations. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Business Objects Buys ALG San Jose, Calif.-based Business Objects acquired Armstrong Laing Limited, an enterprise performance optimizations solutions provider. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 21, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Document Automation Vendors Expanding Focus to Enterprise Content Management Acquisitions in content management space by HP and EMC show a new shift in focus on enterprisewide content management solutions. |
Bank Technology News
May 2009
Rebecca Sausner |
All the Core Action's With The Vendors The core banking market was shaken up dramatically last month when Fidelity National Information Services announced plans to buy Metavante, increasing the likelihood of further vendor consolidation |
Insurance & Technology
December 15, 2009 |
10 in 2010: What to Watch in The Year Ahead The I&T editorial team offers some predictions for the coming year's insurance technology newsmakers. |
Insurance & Technology
April 9, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
CSC Offers Global Conversion Service for Life, Annuity and Pension Carriers ConversionEdge packaged service provides access to multi-disciplinary teams experienced in all aspects of systems conversion and includes full-service conversion support from virtually any source system to any life insurance, annuity or pensions policy administration system, CSC claims. |
CRM
June 1, 2005
Chris Selland |
What's Your Response to Industry Consolidation? The CRM market is consolidating and that consolidation is not merely happening, it's accelerating. Consider these four strategies that a current or prospective CRM customer can have for protecting their company. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 24, 2006
Greg MacSweeney |
Flush Firms Eye Acquisitions After posting record profits in 2005, many financial services firms are looking to acquire smaller players with unique business lines and/or financial products, or to bolster their technology. |
Wall Street & Technology
April 14, 2006
Jerry Bartlett |
Trading Partners TD Ameritrade's CIO tightens vendor management in a consolidated environment. |
Insurance & Technology
August 26, 2004
Johannah Rodgers |
The Next Generation Numbers Game Increasing sensitivity to compliance and cost issues is resulting in a renewed focus on back-end systems for insurance carriers. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2006
Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Overbought, Overschmought Stocks continue higher without so much as a breather. |
Insurance & Technology
March 24, 2005
Paul McDougall |
CSC Wins Contract With Chinese Insurer IT services vendor Computer Sciences Corp. said that it has won a $17.6 million, five year software and services contract from China's China Pacific Property Insurance Co. |
Insurance & Technology
May 27, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Accenture Debuts Enhanced Technology Offerings at ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum Among the systems revamped include Accenture Claim Components, Accenture Policy Components and the Accenture Life Insurance Platform. |
Bank Systems & Technology
July 29, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Banks Increasingly Are Creating Vendor Management Offices When one considers that large banks can have thousands of vendor relationships, it's no wonder vendor management is a growing trend in the industry. |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Maria Woehr |
NaviSys Supports TIAA-CREF The enterprise platform based on J2EE standards enables insurers to add and reuse complex new insurance concepts utilizing upgraded configuration tools. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007 |
A Great Leap Forward Investment in new technology architecture is necessary to drive customer retention and loss control through improved claims operations, as well as exposure management and regulatory compliance. |
Insurance & Technology
March 25, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Economy Portends Insurance IT Budget Cuts The sudden economic downturn owing to the subprime lending crisis will likely blunt insurers' IT investment plans during the next budget cycle, if not sooner, but transformation initiatives will be regarded as essential rather than discretionary. |
Insurance & Technology
January 25, 2005 |
Deja Vu All Over Again Many of the major areas of focus for senior insurance technology executives in the coming year will be familiar ones that have become even more pressing. Insurers will boost their offshore outsourcing activities and increasingly dip a toe into business process outsourcing (BPO). |
