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The Motley Fool August 5, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Humana Not Hurting ... as Much Humana's stock jumped because the company had guided for an even bigger drop in the bottom line than it posted.  |
Global Services August 4, 2008 |
India's Largest Captive Buyout Aviva Global Services, finally, sold!  |
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Express Scripts Gets More Generic Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts may not have grown the top line by much in the second quarter, but using more generic drugs had a positive effect on the bottom line.  |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Ambac Financial Will Burn Your Portfolio Ambac's days of lucrative profits could be a thing of the past, and that's the best-case scenario. Even under that rosy outcome, there's still little reason to hold Ambac.  |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2008 Anne Tergesen |
Keeping Covered Why companies -- and insurers -- are suddenly interested in offering health insurance to early retirees.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
You Bet Your Life Financial planning clients that no longer want to pay premiums for life insurance traditionally stopping premium payments or surrendered the policy to receive any cash value. Recently, yet another path to liquidity has opened: life settlements.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 Charles Williamson |
Risky Business When working with high-net-worth clients, it is of paramount importance to discuss property and casualty insurance.  |
LOMA Resource August 2008 Tammy J. McInturff |
Technology Innovation Vital to Industry's Future LOMA's President and CEO, Robert A. Kerzner, discusses the critical role of technology in the future of the insurance industry.  |
LOMA Resource August 2008 |
Highlights of ISF Exhibit Hall ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum attendees were able to discuss their IT needs with exhibitors at many booths. Here are some examples of innovations.  |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2008 Brian Orelli |
Coventry Covets 2007 Revenue is headed in the right direction, but income isn't.  |
Investment Advisor August 2008 James J. Green |
Catching up with...Mitch Politzer Even if there has been a sea change in annuities, there's still a lag among advisors in terms of using the products. Mitch Politzer, president and CEO of First Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York, discusses the instruments.  |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Kara P. Stapleton |
Boomers Need LTCI ASAP A recent study of boomers and advisors reveals that most boomers are ignoring the potentially devastating expenses associated with long-term care.  |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Elizabeth D. Festa |
Insuring 401(k) Success Via Annuities Advisor Michael Salley remains a fan of annuities and insurance company products to help manage his clients' assets.  |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Marlene Y. Satter |
Careful What You Wish For Treasury proposes big change, but will insurance companies be happy?  |
The Motley Fool July 24, 2008 Brian Orelli |
UnitedHealth Looking Healthier UnitedHealth Group isn't quite as sick as it appeared earlier this month, when it slashed yearly guidance by as much as $0.60 per share.  |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2008 Chad Terhune |
They Know What's in Your Medicine Cabinet How insurance companies dig up applicants' prescriptions - and use them to deny coverage.  |
Insurance & Technology July 11, 2008 Anne Rawland Gabriel |
Enterprise Content Management: Insurers Aim to Connect the Silos The new ECM debate is becoming: What is the best way to proceed to achieve actual solutions?  |
Insurance & Technology July 11, 2008 Katherine Burger |
Insurance Customers' Perceptions of Experience, Performance Really Matters -- for Better and for Worse Consumers consider insurance companies to be better than banks when it comes to the concept of customer advocacy.  |
Insurance & Technology July 11, 2008 Akhil Tripathi |
Web-Based Solutions Deliver on Agents' Tech Expectations Insurers can leverage agent portals and systems integration technology to streamline agents' workflow and improve efficiencies.  |
Insurance & Technology July 11, 2008 Carolyn "Cal" J. Durland |
Carriers Must Focus on Consistency, Timeliness and Flow With services such as upload, download and real-time functionality, supported by ACORD standards, insurers can offer agents greatly enhanced efficiency and accessibility.  |
Insurance & Technology July 11, 2008 Karen Pauli |
Integrated Agency Management Systems Key to Improving Agent Performance and Efficiency Agents want fully integrated systems that offer a single entry of data, a single view of the customer, and mobile and real-time functionalities.  |
Insurance & Technology July 11, 2008 Anthony O'Donnell |
Connie O'Brien Helps AXA Equitable "Walk the Talk" in Internet Strategy Connie O'Brien aims to make AXA Group the "preferred company" for customers, distributors and employees.  |
Insurance & Technology July 10, 2008 Nathan Conz |
Highmark Funds EHR Adoption Having recognized the quality of care improvement opportunities certain technologies can bring to provider offices, Highmark established a program that will provide financial assistance to member physicians who implement electronic health records or e-prescribing technology.  |
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 July 10, 2008 Linda Dodson |
Consumers Want a Personalized User Experience By integrating collaborative tools and real-time capability with a true understanding of the customer, carriers can optimize the consumer experience.  |
Insurance & Technology July 9, 2008 Nathan Conz |
Insurers Target Single Sign-On Capabilities There is little evidence of centralized depositories for user IDs and log-ons that consolidate the number of passwords that an employee, business partner or customer needs to access a carrier's systems.  |
Insurance & Technology July 9, 2008 Nathan Conz |
Aviva USA Creates Island in Second Life Looking for a unique and effective way to connect with members of the younger generations who have the potential to be effective insurance agents, Aviva USA has established a presence in Second Life.  |
Insurance & Technology July 8, 2008 Anthony O'Donnell |
Gore Mutual Delivers Continuous Improvement to Distributors Gore Mutual acknowledges the need to continuously adapt to changing business circumstances.  |
Insurance & Technology July 8, 2008 Anthony O'Donnell |
CFG Anchors Tech Transformation on FIS ALIS Policy Admin Platform Columbian Financial Group has activated a five-year plan to establish a unified technology platform based on FIS' ALIS policy administration platform.  |
Insurance & Technology July 8, 2008 Anne Rawland Gabriel |
Arch Reinsurance Automates Hardware Management With Ecora Arch Reinsurance improves security best practices and gains efficiencies by implementing a hardware-configuration monitoring and management tool.  |
Insurance & Technology July 8, 2008 Nick O'Connor |
Highmark Transitions to Digital Printing Highmark's transition to digital printing brings jobs back in-house while achieving 99.8 percent positive internal customer feedback.  |
Insurance & Technology July 3, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Shift to Independent Agents Compels Insurers to Modify Practices Industry insiders discuss keys to leveraging technology to boost agent performance.  |
Insurance & Technology July 1, 2008 Nathan Conz |
Lucido Named Chief Compliance Officer at MassMutual Bradley J. Lucido was named by MassMutual to succeed the retiring Margaret Sperry as senior vice president and chief compliance officer.  |
Advisor Today July 2008 Lee Clarke |
When Is the Sale Made? Focus on the relationship, and the product sale will naturally follow.  |
Advisor Today July 2008 Preeti Vasishtha |
Follow Up the Right Way These six simple steps will let you move the sales process forward.  |
Financial Advisor July 2008 Mary Rowland |
Let's Make A Deal A solution to financial advisors' insurance problems.  |
Financial Advisor July 2008 Allen Hamm |
A Better Option The long-term care insurance industry is up to a new trick: Marketing LTC insurance through groups.  |
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