Regulatory changes, ongoing economic challenges, lingering hard markets: these are some of the key situations that have converged to create a challenging environment for CFOs charged with managing profitable operations of insurers. While there is no easy solution to these challenges, there are lessons that can be learned from successful...

Today, Chief Information and Technology Officers are pressured to automate and modernize systems while staying within the constraints of budgets that have shrunk in recent years. Tuesday’s CIO/CTO Roundtable focused on how technology executives are meeting that challenge.

If you have ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of executive-team meetings about technology, today’s technology super session is your chance to find out.

The 2011 IASA Conference features one roundtable that has been a perennial favorite and one that is a new offering. Yet both have a common goal: helping senior executives raise their game by sharing practical insights across a number of high-priority topics.

Today’s accounting Super Session will cover some of the major regulatory, political and legislative issues that have global implications for insurance accounting professionals. The super session features panelists who are experts on a wide range of regulatory topics, including U.S. healthcare reform, Europe’s Solvency II, and the NAIC’s Solvency Modernization...

Two sessions tomorrow will detail successes carriers have achieved using mobile technology in the U.K., Japan and other markets, exploring ways that U.S. insurers can learn from those successes.

The on-demand capabilities of cloud computing make it a compelling alternative for insurers looking to reduce costs around both applications and infrastructure. Yet concerns about security, stability, control, and other risks have caused the insurance industry to be relatively slow adopters of cloud technologies.

The advent of industry data models from ACORD and OMG provide insurers a foundation—and a choice.