SMA has released “Managing the Wave: Technology Spending and Solution Alignment,” the third report in its Insurance Ecosystem Research Series.

The 30-page report compares insurer IT plans with solution provider offerings for the North American property-casualty industry.

Jefferson National has a lot of reasons to be proud this fall. In the span of two months they have won three awards including the 2009 MarCom Platinum Award for Excellence in Advertising and the MarCom Gold Award for Website Copywriting.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has released two applications for Apple’s iPhone and iTouch to help female consumers track their financial objectives. The new applications are being offered as free downloads on Apple’s iTunes App Store or directly from one’s iPhone. The apps are part of AXA’s program “The AXA Equitable Connection: Women, Wealth and Wisdom.”

This year’s Healthcare IT Summit offered the Healthcare IT Innovation™ Award for “Best Case Study Presentation, Insurer” to Kentucky’s Passport Health Plan and ikaSystems. The awards are upheld as a symbol of peer review as conference attendees, who are comprised of industry analysts and information technology executives from healthcare providers, decide the winners through secret ballot.