Tech Plans Tied
to Growth
The top business need driving 2012 P&C insurance technology
initiatives is growth, according to a survey released by technology solution provider StoneRiver Inc. The survey queried U.S.
insurance IT leaders, and found that accurate risk pricing in underwriting and enhanced overall administrative efficiency tied
for second place. On the technology side, policy administration
projects scored highest in the prioritization of large-scale projects (53 percent). Analytics/business intelligence projects were
the second highest priority (47 percent). Other findings included:
A sizable increase in the participants interested in end-to-end
solutions from a single supplier (47 percent) vs. best-of-breed systems from multiple suppliers ( 24 percent). And, the significance
of system interoperability, which retained its top ranking as “very
important,” jumped 8 percent over last year. —Pat Speer
Argo Group US, we will be
positioned to more effectively
respond to SIU regulatory requirements while underscoring Argo Group’s fraud identification and investigation
efforts,” said Barbara Sutherland, SVP, general counsel
and chief claims officer for
Argo Group US Inc.
GlobalOptions will handle
regulatory compliance, fraud
training and reporting, and
the investigation and identification of suspected fraudulent
insurance activities.
Argo Group Selects
GlobalOptions for SIU
GlobalOptions will serve as
the Special Investigations Unit
(SIU) provider to Argo Group
US Inc., an underwriter of
specialty insurance and
reinsurance products to P&C
markets, and its subsidiaries.
BF&M Uses Talend’s
Integration Solutions
Talend, an open-source
software company, says BF&M
Ltd., a provider of property/casualty insurance, life,
health and pension products
in Bermuda and Barbados,
has added ESB Enterprise Edition to its portfolio of Talend
integration solutions.
Talend says BF&M chose
ESB Enterprise Edition to ex-
pand its application and data
integration capabilities.
Editorial Index
Allstate
10
Deloitte
14
The Gorman Group
15
Meadowbrook Insurance Group 20
StoneRiver Inc.
15, 28
American Insurance Association 7
Deloitte Center for
Health Solutions
14
Guidewire Software
28
Microsoft
18, 20
Strategy Meets Action
15, 30
Android
9, 10
Highmark Blue Cross
Blue Shield
14, 15
Midwest Health Plan
20
Talend
28
Dialogue Marketing
20
Apple
9
Novarica
25
Tower Group
16
Financial Stability
Oversight Committee
7
HIH Insurance Group
7
Argo Group
28
Penn National Insurance
15, 16
Towers Watson
6
Hub International
9
Ascensus
20
FirstBest
16
Progressive
10
Underwriters Laboratories
26
26
BF&M Insurance
28
Forrester Research
7
Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety
PwC
10
U.S. Department of
Health and Services
14
Blackberry
9
FrontRange Solutions
20
iPipeline
18, 20
RSI Video Technologies
26
Woodmen of the World
15
Celent
7, 18, 20
Gartner
10
ISACA
10
Sage North America
20
XL Group
16
Cisco
10
GlobalOptions
28
Jawbone Up
10
Salesforce.com
20
Zurich Services Corporation 10
Crump Life Insurance
18, 20
GMC Software Technology
27
Jevco Insurance Co.
28
Standard & Poor’s
15
Crump Property & Casualty 20
Google
9
Kony
10
State Farm
10
Note: Company names comprising this listing are presented as a courtesy to our readers, and at press, may be subject to change.
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