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GuideOne Chooses Policy Decisions
GuideOne Insurance has selected Insurity's Policy Decisions admin system.
WellPoint Partners With Zagat
WellPoint has tapped Zagat to help offer a physician rating tool to its members.
Hartford Life Names Brian O’Connell CIO
Former Accenture executive Brian O'Connell will drive technology integration across Hartford Life in support of greater efficiency and effectiveness, and to enable a cross-selling initiative with The Hartford Financial Services Group's property/casualty company.
The Coming Challenge: Taking Advantage of Processing Power
A research chip exists that has 80 cores on one chip. If you are using servers with four processor cores, the operating system will handle spreading out the tasks, but you're not really taking advantage of the processing power that exists. We're still writing software for one process at a time. To take advantage, we'll need to reengineer our policy administration systems and adopt parallel programming techniques to move forward.
John Kellington Moves to ACORD as SVP of Standards
Former Ohio Casualty Group SVP and CIO John Kellington joins ACORD, where he will oversee the development of standards.
DFA Launches ADVISE 4.0
DFA has unveiled a new version of its modeling software for the insurance industry, ADVISE 4.0.
Reach Out and TXT Someone: Sun Life Offers Insurance Via Text Message
Sun Life Financial is offering text message-based insurance products to customers in the Philippines, according to a newspaper report.
SPARTA Selects Insurity
SPARTA Insurance Company has chosen Insurity's Policy Decisions commercial policy administration system.
Joan Zerkovich of ICAT Manages Increased Project Activity
ICAT CIO Joan Zerkovich handles increased product activity resulting from state of Florida Citizen's Insurance Company Contract.
Jeff Stoll Retires From MetLife but Remains Active in Insurance
Retired MetLife SVP and CIO of individual business IT continues to serve on various advisory boards and is a member of the board of directors at ACORD.
Rick Roy Improves Service Experience for CUNA Mutual Group
CUNA Mutual Group SVP of customer operations Rick Roy leads the drive to improve service for the company's customers, credit unions and their members.
Jim Court Takes Charge of American Property and Casualty's Operations
American Property and Casualty's Chief Operating Officer Jim Court focuses on operations and the entire IT organization.
Al Bowen Aligns Ohio National Financial Services' Technology and Business Plan
SVP of Information Systems Al Bowen streamlines technology and business and reprices Ohio National Financial's life insurance portfolio.
Aetna CIO Meg McCarthy Brings Disciplined Delivery to Aetna
Aetna CIO Meg McCarthy applied her 20-plus years experience in the IT consulting and healthcare fields to bring the carrier to new levels of process excellence, efficiency and delivery volume.
Introducing 2007's Insurance & Technology Elite 8
This year, as last year, and as always, we feature a cross section of
honorees from the P&C, life and health insurance sectors. While representing a similar pool of companies as their predecessors, this year's honorees will surprise the reader with their unique qualities and backgrounds.
Elite 8 2007: Keys to the Build vs. Buy Decision-making Process
Elite 8 Honorees Dennis Mehmen and George Napoles, of Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance and Jackson National Life, respectively, discuss when to build and when to buy new systems.
Member Experience is Key for Holly Morris, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
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At Aetna, Meg McCarthy Focuses on Technology Delivery and Performance
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Mark Boxer Helps Make WellPoint a HealthCare Industry Transformation Leader
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Jim Hanson Drives Evolution of Mutual of Omaha's IT Organization
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Allstate's Catherine Brune Develops Workforce To Enable Business Transformation
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Balancing Expense Control, Drive for New Systems Key for Chris Steward
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George Napoles Focuses on Customer Service at Jackson National Life
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Dennis Mehmen Turns IT Around at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
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Jackson National Life CIO George Napoles Builds Organization's First IT Department
After building Jackson National Life's IT team from scratch, CIO George Napoles credits a highly technical, highly creative staff with establishing the organization as an industry leader.
Grinnell Mutual CIO Dennis Mehmen Uses Business Strategy To Make IT A Priority A GMRC
By redefining his department as a strategic business partner, Grinnell Mutual CIO Dennis Mehmen has turned the carrier's IT organization into an innovator in the insurance space.
Arbella CIO Chris Steward Revolutionizes Its Web-Based Agent Facing Systems
Chris Steward has turned Arabella Insurance Group's agent-facing systems and Internet-based functionality from problem areas into competitive differentiators.
Rick Roy, Elite 8 2006, Draws Lessons from CUNA Mutual's Transformation Initiative
Elite 8 2006 honoree Rick Roy reflects on lessons from CUNA Mutual's ongoing initiative to transform customer operations.
Thrivent Financial SVP and CIO Holly Morris Focuses On The People Behind The Technology
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Senior Vice President and CIO Holly Morris' people-focused technology transformation is taking the fraternal benefit society into the age of information democracy.
Wellpoint's Mark Boxer Exemplifies How Empowering Technology Can Be In A Healthcare Setting
WellPoint President and CEO of Operations Mark Boxer has achieved prominence in the health insurance industry through a combination of technology depth and a resolute focus on the business.
Allstate's Catherine Brune Develops Workforce To Enable Business Transformation
At Allstate Insurance, SVP and CIO Catherine Brune is a passionate and outspoken evangelist not only for her 6,500 IT employees, but also for the insurance industry's urgent need for transformation.
Mutual of Omaha's Jim Hanson Favors IT Solutions That Increase Simplicity, Customer Relations
During his 11-year tenure as head of Mutual of Omaha's technology organization, Jim Hanson has driven increasingly greater efficiency and ease of use, and has even launched a revenue-producing subsidiary.
Identifying the Insurance & Technology Elite 8 Insurance CIOs
Successful insurance technology executives share common traits, including the ability to establish credibility with the business, build a solid technology architecture, assemble effective teams, and implement plans with an eye to both the short and long term.
Insurance & Technology’s Elite 8 Share Some Common (Or, More Accurate, Uncommon) Traits
After nine years of identifying and profiling the insurance industry's most innovative and outstanding IT executives, Insurance & Technology identified some common traits.
CareFirst BCBS Chooses Benefitfocus
Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield will use eEnrollment software technology from Benefitfocus.
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