Quite frequently in this blogsite, I've talked about most shared-service implementations being more JBOWS (Just a Bunch of Web Services) than truly functioning SOAs. Now, a new study out of Saugatuck ...

Insurance companies generally prefer that annuity contract holders do not surrender their contracts. While a surrender charge penalty would apply, and some of those who surrender an annuity are doing ...

Participation by carriers in a long-term care insurance feasibility study is “not what we hoped for,” said Kate Eubank of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute. Eubank, the SOA’s senior ...

Although SOA efforts are still early-stage at most organizations, systems integrators who work for government agencies are concerned that SOA efforts might put them out of a job. So says the Input ...