Tokio Marine Management Implements Sapiens Core Systems
8/31/2011TMM expects efficiency and greater speed-to-market when Sapiens' RapidSure Policy Administration and Reinsurance solutions go live later this year.
Profile of Anthony O'Donnell
Blog Posts: 2240Anthony O'Donnell has covered technology in the insurance industry since 2000, when he joined the editorial staff of Insurance & Technology. As an editor and reporter for I&T and the InformationWeek Financial Services of TechWeb he has written on all areas of information technology in the property/casualty, life and health insurance industries, following the trends and issues faced by senior technology executives. In addition to reporting and editorial duties for I&T, O'Donnell also serves as a moderator and speaker at industry events and broadcasts. He began his editorial career in the healthcare industry where he reported and edited for medical publications with a variety of audiences, from the general public to physicians and researchers. He has also worked in the healthcare field as a media relations professional and Spanish/English interpreter/translator, and has taught English composition and conversation classes to native speakers of Spanish, both in the United States and in Latin America. O'Donnell lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and two sons.
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TMM expects efficiency and greater speed-to-market when Sapiens' RapidSure Policy Administration and Reinsurance solutions go live later this year.
Insurers Address Irene's Claims and Business Continuity Challenges
8/29/2011Insurers across the nation used social media channels to reach out to policyholders, while carriers in Irene's path ramped up not only their claims responses but also their business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
Map Tracks Irene With Innovative Combination of Official Data and Social Media Input
8/26/2011ESRI's Hurricanes & Cyclones map illustrates both now standard tracking features and also the kind of private interaction undertaken to preserve lives and property and mitigate insured losses.
Ameritas Life Insurance's IT Organization Ramps Up for Business Transformation
8/25/2011Richard Wiedenbeck, VP of IT for Ameritas Life Insurance, is leading an IT strategy to help the carrier fulfill its potential as an innovator in the annuities and retirement space.
HP Enhances Life, Health and Annuity Policy Admin Systems
8/24/2011Enhancements to the RADIENCE Administration and INGENIUM systems foster greater speed-to-market, lower project risk and cost, accelerated implementation and greater accessibility to distribution and customer service channels, according to the vendor.
Guild Insurance Selects Thunderhead For Delivery of Customer Communications
8/24/2011Thunderhead NOW will allow Guild Insurance to centralize corporate identities and customer information to simplify the process of creating documents and policies while improving the usability of documents for its customers.
MajescoMastek Introduces Elixir Group Policy Admin for Annuity, Health and Life in North America
8/23/2011The new offering responds to increasing demand for systems supporting more sophisticated group products.
Accenture Completes Duck Creek Acquisition
8/23/2011About 370 Duck Creek employees will join Accenture Software.
Sapiens Finalizes Merger with FIS and IDIT
8/23/2011The resulting entity will aim to realize "many potential synergies" between the three companies, says CEO Roni Al-Dor.
Vertafore to Acquire Kaplan Compliance Solutions
8/23/2011Vertafore's wholly owned subsidiary Sircon will incorporate Kaplan's producer on-boarding compliance capabilities into its existing solution.
AIG Reduces U.S. Investment in Subsidiary by Approximately $2 Billion
8/19/2011The company applied capital from the $2.16 sale of Nan Shan Life Insurance to Ruen Chen Investment Holding Company to reduce the U.S. government investment.
Sabrina Hart Named COO for Zurich Global Corporate in North America
8/18/2011Hart's experience includes serving as chief underwriting officer for Zurich North America Commercial's (ZNAC) Specialty Products business and, most recently, head of risk operations within the carrier's Group Risk Management organization where she was responsible for driving Zurich's operational risk and control activities.
In Which U.S. State are 5 of the Top 10 Tornado Risk Metro Areas?
8/16/2011The ability to predict where tornadoes are more likely to strike becomes more attractive in a year that has seen over 1200 of the funnel clouds and over $1.1 billion in property damage. What state do your underwriters think has more high-risk zones?
RMS Unveils New Version of Data Quality Toolkit for Enhanced Exposure Data Management
8/15/2011The release offers a new building valuation capability that RMS says helps re/insurers to identify potential valuation issues with particular lines of business, regions, or portfolios, and to understand the risk associated with under and over-valuation of properties
Reflections on Accenture's Emergence as a Multi-Tier Software Contender
8/11/2011Since the notorious suit against Guidewire, Accenture has abundantly clarified its status as a software provider and caused industry observers to energetically anticipate the meaning of its latest acquisition in terms of the insurance software competitive playing field.
EU Solvency II Deadline Extension Helps, But Insurers Still Scrambling
8/10/2011The European Parliament supports an implementation deadline extension from Jan. 2013 to Jan. 2014, but insurers will still have to get systems and processes in place by the end of 2012.
Embracing the Cloud -- But Only to a Point
8/9/2011Insurers are expanding their use of cloud-based offerings. But carriers are avoiding any cloud-related services that could jeopardize the security and privacy of sensitive data.
Insurance Industry's Financial Strength Overwhelms Any Threat from S&P's Downgrade
8/9/2011The P&C industry has limited exposure to government bonds and has enough financial strength in reserve to cover the equivalent of 12 Hurricane Katrinas, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
Appelate Court Throws Out AIG, Gen Re Finite Reinsurance Convictions
8/3/2011The reversal in convictions in U.S. v. Ferguson raises questions about prosecutors' zeal, and have implications for civil case against Hank Greenberg filed by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in 2005.
Vendor Consolidation Brings Synergies, But Integration Challenges Loom
8/1/2011Vendor M&A helps insurers by giving smaller vendors financial strength, expanded markets and implementation capabilities, but integration of new solutions with existing solutions may present a serious challenge to some larger vendors.
BPO Player MphasiS Will Acquire Policy Admin Vendor Wyde
8/1/2011The Bangalore-based BPO vendor gains a platform, while the vendor of the Wynsure system gains market access, scale and implementation capabilities.
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