NU Online News Service, Feb. 7, 2005, 3:34 p.m. EST
Life insurers may hold spending on computers, networks and related systems steady in 2005.[@@]
Budget growth of 2.5% to 10% at p-c insurers could help increase overall U.S. insurance IT spending to $36.4 billion this year, from $35.3 billion in 2004, but most life and annuity companies will be focusing on relatively short projects with a narrow scope, according to a forecast by Cindy Saccocia, a senior analyst at TowerGroup, Needham, Mass.