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SOA and BPM Among Tech Trends to Watch

By Carrie Burns
Forrester Research lists service-oriented architecture (SOA), business process management (BPM) and mobility as trends that will drive a dramatic change in technology adoption and use.

Adding Analytics Accounts for Smarter GRC Strategy

By Alex Vorro
New research finds that incorporating analytics into governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) initiatives offers organizations the opportunity to capitalize on improved operational efficiencies.

Elevated Expectations for Portals

By Bill Kenealy
Because of their ubiquity, a new Celent report says producers must strive to make their portals exceptional.

Playing the Accounting Standards Convergence Divergence Game

By Pat Speer
The transition to the global use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may create dramatic change in insurance products, investment strategies, risk management and M&A activities.

Report: Insurers Must Target Web 2.0 Efforts

By Bill Kenealy
According to Novarica research, carriers need to look past hype and concentrate on creating business value.

Data Security and Global Health Initiatives Top Trends List

The Center for Health Value Innovation directors gathered to discuss emerging trends and their relevance to health improvement and innovation.

Survey: Large Enterprises Not Confident in Data Network Performance

A new study reveals that fewer than 50% of large enterprises rate their tools as “good” in maintaining high performance of applications on their corporate networks.

How the Best Stop Data Leaks

By Carrie Burns
Insurers are implementing strategies to identify, classify, protect and manage sensitive information.

Carriers, Organizations Team to Support New Coastal Insurance Solution

Travelers, Nationwide, The Big I and The Council are fostering a comprehensive, private-market approach to improve the affordability and availability of coastal wind storm insurance for homeowners.

Bracing for Boomers, NAVA, IBM Team on STP Initiative

Common reference model for straight-through processing provides a framework for implementation of standards to streamline annuity processing.

European Insurers Agree on Embedded Value Principles

The CFO Forum believes a new set of market-consistent embedded values produce additional consistency and improved disclosure.

P&C Insurers Replacing/Enhancing Policy Admin Systems

A recent Novarica/IASA survey of P&C insurer CIOs traces the evolution of focus from e-business to policy administration systems to predictive analytics.

Market Conduct Data Fight Continues

NAMIC adds its voice to those opposing the NAIC plan to aggregate market conduct data.

CFOs Rank Data Quality No. 1 Tech Concern

By Pat Speer
Survey ranks data integrity high, but few companies are monitoring it.

E-mail Mismanagement Risky for Insurers

By Carrie Burns
Only 38% of a recent survey said they are “very confident” or “quite confident” that e-mails related to documenting commitments and obligations made by staff are recorded, complete and retrievable.

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