If, like me, you are tired of reading (or in my case writing) articles on core systems replacement, you may have to rethink your attitude about what is going on in the insurance industry, particularly with policy administration systems.

Its a tradition to start the new year off with some resolutions to help guide you through what you hope will be a successful year. With that in mind, we asked several leading industry analysts to give us one good resolution for IT departments in the insurance industry for 2013.

An insurance carrier that writes approximately $150 million in premium is by no means considered a large insurer, but companies of that sizeincluding Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM)often operate in niche markets.

There apparently was a trampoline at the bottom of the fiscal cliff, so the American economy is back to normal, so to speak. But this is a new year and that means its a time to reflect on the past or look to the future. Lets take the second option...

There apparently was a trampoline at the bottom of the fiscal cliff, so the American economy is back to normal, so to speak. But this is a new year and that means its a time to reflect on the past or look to the future. Lets take the second option...

Its difficult to predict what the personal auto insurance market will look like by the turn of the next decade, but even conservative estimates indicate telematics and usage-based insurance (UBI) will become a catalyst for change, according to a recent Strategy Meets Action research paper.

Its difficult to predict what the personal auto insurance market will look like by the turn of the next decade, but even conservative estimates indicate telematics and usage-based insurance (UBI) will become a catalyst for change, according to a recent Strategy Meets Action research paper.

I hope you checked out our Insurance Holiday Gift Guide and particularly our Geek Gift Guide written by Paul Rolich. As we enter the final two weeks of 2012and the holidays that go with themthe time for reflection on the past 12 months is also upon us.