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Insurance & Technology
May 3, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Opting In or Out? As the optional federal charter for insurers hits the Senate floor, industry leaders weigh cost savings and enhanced competition against possible risks to insurance carriers -- and policyholders.   |
Insurance & Technology
January 17, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Constant Change The coming year's regulatory and political agenda could result in requirements for reform and increasing technology investments, which could alter the business environment for property and casualty, life, and health insurers alike. |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Reform in Sight According to a recent study, regulatory compliance under the present state-by-state system will cost the life insurance industry $11 billion over the next decade. Still, given the recognition by all parties that change is needed, some kind of regulatory reform is inevitable. |
Insurance & Technology
February 19, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Federal Insurance Regulatory Proposal Draws Fire, Support Opponents of the National Insurance Consumer Protection and Regulatory Modernization Act (NICPRMA) call the bill an attempt to shoehorn optional federal charter into government regulatory activity meant to address systemic risk within financial services. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
IT Isn't Tapped for Compliance The insurance industry fails to embrace the full business value of IT when it comes to addressing regulatory requirements and instead relies primarily on manual processes and ad hoc measures |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
An Eye on the Future Insurance industry association executives speculate on the most important issues and challenges facing the insurance industry in 2007. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
One Step Closer Another step toward the adoption of an optional federal charter was taken at the end of September when Congressman Ed Royce introduced the National Insurance Act of 2006. |
Insurance & Technology
March 27, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Industry Groups React to Treasury Secretary's Statements to House Committee Speaking before the House Financial Services Committee, Geithner was forthright about the need for systemic risk regulation but his comments on optional federal charter were subject to interpretation. |
Insurance & Technology
April 3, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Industry Reacts to Federal Insurance Regulation Bill Insurance industry associations argue the benefits or drawbacks of federal regulation, optional federal charter and the priority of addressing systemic risk over shortcomings of the existing state-based regulatory regime. |
Insurance & Technology
June 15, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Five Insurance Trade Groups Sign Statement Supporting Optional Federal Charter The statement will be presented at the June 16 hearing on Risk and Insurance House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. |
Investment Advisor
August 2008
Marlene Y. Satter |
Careful What You Wish For Treasury proposes big change, but will insurance companies be happy? |
Registered Rep.
March 6, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Federal Regulator For Insurance Firms? Barney Frank says Yes. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank gave insurance lobbying groups something to argue about, saying he wants lawmakers to create an optional federal charter for insurance companies. |
Insurance & Technology
November 22, 2007
David West |
The Three R's Will Drive Carriers' Fates in 2008 The manner in which carriers respond to risk, revenue and regulation in 2008 will determine their fates in 2009 and beyond. |
Insurance & Technology
May 28, 2008
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Accounting and Financial Systems: Technological Enhancements Offer Promise -- and Questions Insurers' accounting and financial systems -- including billing, annual reporting, portfolio management and investment management platforms -- are becoming increasingly integrated with other enterprise systems. |
Insurance & Technology
July 23, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Conning: Life Insurers Prepared for Optional Federal Charter Will Enjoy Competitive Advantage Insurers prepared for what Conning calls a likely single-licensure will gain a significant advantage in the event of federal regulation of some portion of the life insurance industry, according to the research firm. |
Insurance & Technology
January 25, 2005
Cynthia Saccocia |
Did You Say Controlled Tech Spending? Aw, Not Again! Insurance is an industry that reacts decisively to its business cycles and urgently to intrusions of reality such as catastrophic claims, economic issues and regulation. |
Insurance & Technology
February 19, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
Tech Could Assist State-Based Reform Acknowledging that legacy technologies are not the only antiquated systems in insurance, carriers, trade associations and commissioners are aggressively approaching the regulatory reform of the insurance industry |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
The Compliance Challenge Industry experts offer opinions on what the biggest challenges carriers currently face in terms of regulatory compliance. |
Insurance & Technology
November 10, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
IT Will Power Insurance Industry Response to Crisis Technology spending will be a critical factor for insurers wishing to both take advantage of opportunities provided by the current crisis and address heightened compliance and risk management concerns. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
Look On the Bright Side Rather than letting the clouds of regulation rain on their operations, insurers that look for compliance's silver lining have an opportunity to improve their business processes. |
Insurance & Technology
July 16, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Financial Reform Law's Ultimate Impact on Insurance Remains Unclear While the Dodd-Frank bill, expected to be signed into law by President Obama next week, has spared insurers explicit duplicative regulation, the powers of the new Federal Insurance Office remain undefined. |
Insurance & Technology
February 9, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
No Rest for the Compliance Weary in 2004 Many insurance carriers are playing post-deadline compliance catch-up in 2004. |
Insurance & Technology
September 7, 2007
Susana Schwartz |
Main Driver Behind STP Initiatives Today Is Ease Of Doing Business Straight-through processing is more a business issue than a technology, and is fundamental to the ability to drive intelligence into the underwriting process and throughout the organization. |
Insurance & Technology
January 17, 2006
Cynthia Saccocia |
Managing in the Best and Worst of Times The insurance industry leaders - from megaglobal insurers to small regional or niche carriers - are achieving excellence by concentrating on profitable growth and competitive advantage. |
Insurance & Technology
April 3, 2008
Katherine Burger |
No Surprises in Insurance Industry's Mixed Reception for Treasury Department's Endorsement of Optional Federal Charter Concerns about competitive advantage inspired the life insurance industry's welcome of the Treasury's call for an optional federal charter as part of broad regulatory reform proposals for financial services. |
Insurance & Technology
May 2, 2008
Nathan Conz |
Managed Competition in Massachusetts Leads to Technology Challenges April 1st marked the beginning of the Massachusetts' new and less-regulated automobile insurance system, known as managed competition. The switch will be a huge change - particularly from an operations and technology standpoint. |
Insurance & Technology
July 25, 2005
Katherine Burger |
A Matter of Time Federal regulation of the U.S. insurance industry is coming - maybe not this year, or even for a few years, but it is inevitable. |
Insurance & Technology
March 17, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Senate Banking Committee Hears Divergent Testimony from P&C, Life Industry Representatives Frank Keating of the American Council of Life Insurers argued the need for a federal insurance regulator, while John T. Hill of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said his organization supported a reformed state-based system. |
Insurance & Technology
November 14, 2007
Kim Dorgan |
Life Insurance Industry Would Benefit From Optional Federal Charter The future of insurance regulation remains one of the most critical issues facing the life insurance industry. |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2006
Maria Woehr |
The Big (Not So) Easy The Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee has approved legislation that the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America fears could raise rates for consumers and drive insurers that still are dealing with the effects of Hurricane Katrina from the Louisiana market. |
Insurance & Technology
April 5, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Rocky Mountain Low Insurers and Colorado lawmakers are squaring off over a bill that would require P&C and medical malpractice insurers to disclose information related to expenses, claims and payouts, as well as restrict rating methods used within the state. |
Insurance & Technology
February 5, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
IVANS: P&C Insurers Prioritize Retention, Compliance and Operational Transformation in 2010 IT Spend Facing a negative outlook, insurance carriers are investing in IT to shore up their customer base, prepare for an evolving regulatory compliance regime, find customer retention, and find new sources of efficiency. |
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
February 1, 2006
Phil Britt |
A Web of Support There has been an upturn in insurers' investments in Web-based tools that enable agents to work more efficiently and, through those efficiencies, sell more, increase commissions and make more money for the companies they represent. |
Insurance & Technology
November 26, 2003
Bisker & Saccocia |
2004 Insurance IT Spending To Increase...Slightly TowerGroup forecasts point to emphasis on closing the gap between IT spending and strategic business operations. |
Insurance & Technology
March 18, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Optimizing Multi-Channel Sales force automation and enterprise incentive compensation systems not only help make insurers' sales efforts more productive, they also improve customer service, customer retention and compliance. |
Investment Advisor
September 2006 |
Insurance Streamlining Insurers and investors of all stripes are having their day in the sun this summer with action on major legislation, including the streamlining of specialty and reinsurance regulations. |
Insurance & Technology
June 17, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Industry Reacts to President's Financial Service Regulation Reform Proposals President Obama's proposals include enhanced oversight of the insurance sector and the establishment of an Office of National Insurance. |
Insurance & Technology
May 16, 2007
Susana Schwartz |
Drive For Automation Causes Insurance Carriers To Integrate The Internet has yielded more choices among comparative raters and aggregators, thus elevating agents to a more powerful position as the gatekeepers to multiple company ratings. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Matthew Josefowicz |
Responding to a Changing Market: The Core Is Key Core systems replacement has been compared to open-heart surgery -- it is one of the most drastic changes that insurers can make to their IT infrastructures. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Digging for Dollars The insurance agent often is portrayed as going door to door with an oversized briefcase brimming with paper applications. While that might have been so in the 1950s, today, selling insurance means connecting with the customer, and it takes more than just a smile and a shoeshine. It takes knowledge. |
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2006
Cynthia Saccocia |
Value-Added Sales Services Improve Producer Productivity Insurers that demonstrate that they can help producers make more money can differentiate themselves from the competition. To create long-term competitive advantage, carriers must incorporate value-added sales services to their efforts. |
Managed Care
June 2001
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Health Plans, Insurers Unsure About Likely Effect of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Insurers and financial institutions are flooding customers' mailboxes about their rights to protect medical and financial information under what's better known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. But just how GLB will affect health plans isn't totally clear... |
Insurance & Technology
June 30, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Trade Associations Mostly Relieved by Financial Reform Bill Deal Duplicative federal regulation of the insurance industry is essentially absent from the Dodd-Frank bill that emerged from a Marathon session in Congress June 25. |
Insurance & Technology
April 4, 2007
Susana Schwartz |
Risky Business To meet stringent requirements around reporting, security and accountability, insurers are implementing financial modeling tools. |
Insurance & Technology
March 2, 2006
Maria Woehr |
One Size Does Not Fit All A variety of external and internal factors -- including regulation, mergers, agent/distributor requirements and management demands for more-efficient operations -- are driving insurers to rethink how they manage information. |
CFO
April 1, 2003
David M. Katz |
Holes in the Net? Insurers' woes are mounting -- and your company's coverage may be at risk. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Marlene Y. Satter |
One Forward, Two Back? The Department of the Treasury released its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, which sets forth an argument for the need for change in the financial services industry. |
Insurance & Technology
May 21, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Senate Financial Reform Bill Mostly a Relief for Insurers The potential for duplicative federal insurance regulation did not materialize within the Restoring American Stability Act of 2010 passed by the Senate, but concerns still remain how the final law will affect the industry after passage through the House later this year. |
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). |
