Sean Roper's blog

It’s here! The time we all live for. Year end. This issue of NAIC Focus is a handy checklist of NAIC changes. Note the ones that apply to your company, and you’ll have a much smoother Annual Statement season. Pay special attention to a tricky last minute change to Note 20 for the disclosure of fair value measurements. You’ll see what I mean…

Be sure to check out the new issue of NAIC Focus,

There will be a lot of other activity occurring throughout the year and the NAIC Focus is the place to bookmark for current information.

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“For the insurance industry, the greatest natural resource is information.” That was one of the core messages of Smarter Insurance: Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times, the keynote presentation this morning by Jaime Bisker of IBM Global Business Services, Institute for Business Value.

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“Online Sales Service is Not Going Away.” Those were the words of advice early on from Chad Hersh, principal in the insurance practice at Novarica in his session Online Customer Service Trends at Top U.S. Life/Annuity Insurers.

For the past five years, Chad has been the primary researcher and author of the market leading reports on insurance core systems, and is a widely recognized expert on the topic who has presented at numerous conferences and conducted numerous vendor selection projects for US and international insurers.

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