ILOG has released new versions of business rules management solutions optimized under its recent acquisition by IBM.

Implementation builds upon Columbian Financial Group's launch of FIS' ALIS policy admin system and sets the stage for conversion of in-force policies.

Lewis will be responsible for further streamlining capital planning infrastructure across the organization and for enterprise risk management initiatives and implementation within the P&C operations.

President Barack Obama'sproposed financial regulatory overhaul could face big changesin Congress, where over the years members of both parties have permitted lax controls blamed for the U.S. economic meltdown.

President Obama's proposals include enhanced oversight of the insurance sector and the establishment of an Office of National Insurance.

We last talked to personal finance bloggers Steve, Lynnae and Jim a year ago. We check back with them on the state of the financial climate and what commenters on their blogs are saying.

Tess Vigeland and economics editor Chris Farrell answer listeners' pressing questions about rent-to-own properties, the credit card reform bill, and saving for health care after retirement.

In author Alain De Botton's new book, "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work," the Briton muses on our modern relationship with work and how our occupations help shape our identities.

There are billions of government dollars available to help people with everything from assistance with groceries to home improvement. Reporter Jeff Tyler went to Ohio to check out a program that helps match people with benefits.

Government foreclosure prevention programs are aimed at keeping homeowners in their homes. So why do foreclosures continue? Tamara Keith reports.

Economics editor Chris Farrell remembers lessons learned from late economic consultant and historian Peter Bernstein, who died June 5 at the age of 90.

Initial public offerings, or IPOs, are risky investments that have all but dried up during the recession. But Fidelity Investments is opening up exclusive access to IPOs from a private equity firm to drum up new business.

People on the ground floor of companies like Google, Microsoft and Nike surely don't regret their risky investments. Producer Stephen Hoffman finds out which companies people on the street wish they would have taken advantage of early on.

Even stable money market mutual funds have been risky as of late. But companies like Vanguard are striving to make sure the buck never breaks again. USA Today columnist John Waggoner explains.

A ROW has broken out over plans to merge a group representing Scottish actuaries with the equivalent organisation in England.

INSURANCE giant Aviva has announced the surprise departure of its finance chief.

The Co-operative Bank said today it had seen a 75% jump in mortgage applications following the launch of its best buy tracker deal.

THE Scottish Government has welcomed news that Nationwide is to take over the social housing book of the Dunfermline Building Society.

GLOBAL banking giant HSBC has appointed a new boss of its Scottish operations.

IT'S time to swap your shares for cymbals and your stocks for glockenspiels, according to one insurance company.