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December 8, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Technology Outlook 2009: Sudden Change Though the financial services industry has seen a precipitous change in the business environment and will adopt austerity measures, insurers are likely to be opportunistic in their technology investments.   |
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
November 5, 2008
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Virtual Roundtable: Online Risk Industry experts discuss how to manage the risks, liabilities, and solutions associated with electronic processes and interactions related to conducting business over the Internet. |
Insurance & Technology
August 11, 2010
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Republic Idemnity CIO Discusses Claims Modernization Following a successful claims system replacement, Republic Indemnity's Rao Tadepalli offers tips to insurers looking to modernize their claims platforms. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
John Lucker |
Winning a Zero-Sum Game Insurers are playing a zero-sum game - the aggregate of insurable risks is simply not growing at a rate commensurate with growth projections. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 20, 2010
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Perspectives: Core Systems Replacement Industry Experts discuss how the financial crisis has reinforced banks' need for modern core systems and what the key factors are to core replacement success. |
Insurance & Technology
December 13, 2006 |
Striving to Stand Out Underwriting technology initiatives should be at the top of insurance carriers ' corporate and strategic priorities for 2007. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2007
Katherine Burger |
Insurance Industry Still Unclear As To How To Proceed With Legacy Systems It's time for the insurance industry to do something about legacy systems. But, not surprisingly in this industry, what it is that carriers should be doing is not always so clear. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Paul McDonnell |
It's a 'Buy' World This is an exciting time in the insurance industry, with several factors leading carriers to make key technology decisions in 2007. Carriers choosing to implement new solutions should recognize the critical need for flexible integration architecture. |
Insurance & Technology
February 9, 2009
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Virtual Roundtable: Green IT Especially in turbulent economic times, "green" initiatives can be a boon to the business. |
Insurance & Technology
April 20, 2010
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Virtual Roundtable: The Imperatives of Infrastructure Successfully responding to rapidly changing market conditions requires a flexible technology architecture. |
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
September 5, 2008
Gary Kirkham |
BPM Creates a More-Agile Business The business demands process improvements that increase customer satisfaction and automate corporate functions to ensure good business practices. |
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
April 3, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Keys to BPM Success Business product management (BPM) offers hope to insurers attempting to meet the need for speed and agility in today's insurance market. |
Insurance & Technology
September 2, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
Finance Transformation Needed, BearingPoint Survey Says Technology challenges and opportunities are top of mind for financial services CFOs seeking to transform their companies finance organizations. |
Insurance & Technology
February 8, 2004
Jamie Bisker |
Core Systems: Journey to the Center of Insurance An analysis of the state of core systems, and how to create renewable systems, in the insurance industry |
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
April 6, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Healthcare Reform Will Require Massive Insurance IT Spending Caught off guard by the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, insurers must modernize IT while increasing operational efficiency. |
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 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
February 8, 2008
Tim Attia |
Agility in Product Development Can Improve Speed to Market Streamlining product development processes, building "product chassis" of common components, adopting agile enabling technologies, and modifying organizational structure to support product innovation all are ways to improve speed to market. |
Insurance & Technology
December 16, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
IT Investment to the Rescue Continuing economic uncertainty has spurred rather than hobbled technology investment, as insurance IT organizations seek to support competitive distinction through superior underwriting, pricing and customer-facing capabilities. |
Insurance & Technology
July 24, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Novarica: Tech Transforming P&C Claims Amid Downturn Carriers are moving forward with existing core claims systems initiatives and investing in emerging technologies such as analytics, fraud detection, geographic information systems, mobile applications and Web 2.0 to drive operational efficiency and improved customer service. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2007
Katherine Burger |
Insurers' Technology Investments Transform Catastrophe Claims Management Strategies While technology's power is welcomed by the public, politicians and the media in terms of catastrophe claims response, it's not always so appreciated when it comes to how insurers deploy it to forecast, analyze and underwrite risks. |
Insurance & Technology
September 28, 2009
Deb Smallwood |
Business/IT 'Linkage' Key to Insurer's Adaptation to Changing Marketplace To meet burgeoning consumer communications and transaction demands, insurers must build a services-enabled technology architecture in close collaboration with businesses. |
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
September 13, 2010
Nathan Golia |
Virtual Roundtable: Improving Health Insurance Claims Processing Industry experts discuss potential areas of improvement in the healthcare claims process. |
Search Engine Watch
April 13, 2011
Jacob Morgan |
4 Steps for Evaluating Risk in Social Business A guide for organizations on how to understand and assess risks in the social business space. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
John Burke |
Future Proofing the Insurance Enterprise Insurance carriers continuously reexamine and often redefine business models, turning to IT as an enabler for transformation. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Bill Bloom |
Available Technologies Support Innovation The demands on Travelers' IT organization have never been greater. |
Insurance & Technology
November 6, 2008
Katherine Burger |
Tough Times Don't Have to Mean the End of Innovation in Insurance IT The current crisis has forced insurers to reassess core business practices such as risk management and corporate governance, strategic planning, infrastructure investment and customer service -- all of which are unimaginable without technology. |
Insurance & Technology
September 25, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurers Warm to Flexible Technology Architecture Changing customer and distributor demands, along with efficiency advantages, are driving adoption of flexible, service-based technology architecture at insurance carriers. |
CIO
March 15, 2002
Simone Kaplan |
Now is the Time to Pull the Plug on Your Legacy Apps Despite the sluggish economy and uncertain business climate, right now is the perfect time to tear down your legacy applications and start over... |
Insurance & Technology
July 10, 2008
Brady Polansky |
Technology Must Be Seamless and Consistent Between Carriers Insurers have to enable Web services to agencies in a way that it becomes seamless. |
Insurance & Technology
May 4, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Economy Drives Exploration of New Outsourcing Opportunities Insurers are slightly more cautious about the financial, political and security risks of offshoring, but they are keen to find new BPO opportunities. |
Insurance & Technology
May 26, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Carriers Shifting Distribution Dollars To Mobile, Accenture Research Finds Insurers are planning to invest on average $84 million on strategic distribution improvements over the next three years according to a survey of 125 insurers globally. |
Insurance & Technology
March 5, 2008
David West |
Exclusive Research Report: Insurance IT Spending Slowdown Already Upon Us, TowerGroup Says Although TowerGroup previously observed an upward trend in insurance carriers' IT spending with an anticipated slowing in spending by 2009, the latest research suggests that the slowdown already is upon us. |
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
August 25, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Health Insurance Transformation In order to maintain its own fiscal health, the health insurance industry must build the technology and processes needed to meet consumerism's demands. |
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
February 8, 2008
Michael D'Ippolito |
Early Engagement With IT Necessary For Product Development With the need for mass customization becoming more of a market requirement, how can carriers effectively meet business requirements to make hundreds of product changes a month? |
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
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
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
February 8, 2004
Greg MacSweeney |
Compliance, Web Services And XML Star in 2004 Insurers will begin to roll out effective Web services initiatives, while striving to comply with a myriad of regulations, industry experts predict. |
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
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
April 19, 2005
Wendy Toth |
MMA Means Modernization Policy management systems will need to be updated to provide prescription drug benefits and additional healthcare choices to people who rely on Medicare in accordance with the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Marcus Ryu |
Legacy Systems, Legacy Workforce Aging is the trend that should concern insurance CIOs most. |
