Do You Really Have a Mobile Strategy? (4/15)
An Insurance CIO's 4 Top Mobile Challenges (4/12)
Manage By Technology? Bad Idea (4/11)
Counting the Costs of Project Failure (4/10)
Celent Examines Big Data Usage, Attitudes in Financial Services (4/4)
Who's Using What: New Software Implementations (4/4)
Telematics: Trouble or Tipping Point for Midsized Carriers (4/4)
Don't Mess With the Florida Insurance Cavalry (4/3)
Analyst Says AIG Profit Growth May Take Hit from Costs of Technology Investments (4/2)
Mobility and Rural America (3/29)
Kentucky Approves Insurance e-Card Legislation (3/28)
How Big Data Opens Up More Product Options for Insurers (3/27)
Enterprise Underwriting (3/21)
Accenture's 7 Tech Trends Driving Business (3/21)
Gauging the Benefits of In-Memory Computing for Insurance (3/21)
Who's Using What: New Insurance Software Solution Deals (3/20)
Study: Insurers Among Largest Adopters for iOS (3/20)
Big Data Not Yet a Best Practice in Insurance (3/20)
Insurance IT Spending Globally Tops $140 Billion: Celent (3/18)
3 Trends in Insurance Technology Training (3/15)
HTML5 Can Solve BYOD App Mess, Sencha Bets (3/15)
Social Media's Dangers and 7 Other Factors that can Impact Life Insurance Sales (3/15)
Mobile a Key Piece to Insurance Industry's Customer Experience Puzzle (3/14)
Insurers Facing Transformational Changes in 2013 and Beyond (3/13)
A Green (as in Money) Insurance IT Solution (3/8)
Insurer/Agent Connectivity Advances Across LOBs (3/7)
Core Systems Implementation Requires Agility (3/7)
Capitalizing on Telematics and Usage-Based Insurance: Decision Time for Insurers (3/5)
Changing the Rules for the Core Systems (3/4)
How Data Can Demystify Next-Gen Consumers (2/28)
Update: More Who's Using What Insurance Technology Solutions (2/28)
Mobile Can Increase Retention, Loyalty and Revenue Opportunities (2/28)
Recent Catastrophes Highlight Need for Location Intelligence (2/27)
Judge Puts AIG/N.Y. Fed Case on Hold, BofA Still On (2/27)
Seizing Cloud Potential Requires New Thinking for Insurers (2/21)
Mobile Platforms Increasingly Attractive to Cybercriminals (2/20)
Breaking Through the Analytics Glass Ceiling (2/19)
70 Percent of Insurers Planning, Piloting or Implementing Telematics (2/19)
Steps for Insurers to Leverage Big Data (2/19)
Celent Research: Search Tools Can Extend Value of Social Media (2/14)
Enservio Awarded Patent for Debit Card for Insurance Claims Settlement (2/13)
Who's Using What: More Insurance Software Implementations (2/13)
Mobile Technology Becomes Ubiquitous in Just a Short Time (2/11)
Making ERM of an Insurer's Culture Requires People, Not Technology (2/8)
Most CFOs Find Financial Models Wanting (2/6)
IT Job Market Experiencing 'Boom' (2/4)
Enterprise Social Networks Found Lacking in Adoption, Returns (2/4)
Big Year Expected for Electronic Proof of Coverage (2/4)
What is Big Data's Role in Enterprise Security? (2/1)
Top 5 Insurers for Each Social Media Platform (2/1)
Insurers Tame the Challenge of Data Through Context (1/31)
Are Auto Insurers Spending Too Much Money to Court Customers? (1/31)
Benchmarking Group Rates Allstate at the Top of Insurers Using Social Media (1/30)
P&C Insurers: Predictive Modeling is a Must (1/29)
4 Lessons From Successful Big Data Programs (1/28)
SMA Top 10 Imperatives for Insurers-2013 (1/23)
P&C Insurers lead the Industry in Mobility (1/24)
Cloud Security Moves from Enterprise Apprehension to Allegiance (1/24)
Insurers Not as Prepared for ORSA as They Think (1/23)
Customer Data Quality on the Rise (1/23)
4 Tech Trends Pushed by ACT, AUGIE in 2013 (1/22)
Expectations and Roadblocks as BYOD Matures (1/22)
Flexibility, Outsourcing Key to Core Systems Overhaul in Life Sector (1/17)
After Flat Year, BI Goes on the Move (1/17)
PCI, IAIS Discuss Rules for Global Systematically Important Insurers (1/15)
Top Initiative for 2013: Improve Claims Processes and Systems (1/14)
The Soft Skill that Drives Analytics Teams (1/11)
AIG Won't Sue Gov't, and Greenberg Won't Sue AIG (1/10)
Deloitte Report Identifies Insurer Growth Strategies in Challenging 2013 (1/10)
China's Insurance Regulator to Reject $9.4 Billion HSBC Deal: Reports (1/9)
AT&T to Launch Home Monitoring Service in March (1/8)
Who's Using What: Software Solution Deals for the New Year (1/8)
For Senate Committee Active in Insurance Issues, a New Ranking Minority Leader (1/8)
Study Analyzes 2012 e-Discovery Trends and Decisions (1/8)
U.S. Accounted for 90% of Insured Natural Catastrophe Losses in 2012: Munich Re (1/4)
Worldwide IT Spend to Rise 4.2% in 2013: Gartner (1/3)
PLM Carves out Niche (1/3)
Cloud Computing Value Apparent, Compliance More Obscure (12/20)
Top Cybersecurity Trends and Risks for 2013 Identified (12/20)
Different Strokes for Different (Insurer) Folks (12/19)
Telematics and the Battle for Market Share (12/18)
Top Tech Tales for Twenty-Twelve (12/17)
CEOs Concerned about the Time and Cost of Implementing Predictive Analytics (12/14)
P&C Industry Retains Record High Capital Levels (12/14)
Telematics Tipping Point: Usage-based Insurance to Dominate Auto Industry by 2020 (12/13)
Swiss Re Sees 30% Risk of Europe, U.S. Recession 2013 (12/12)
Core Systems Replacement: The Clock is Ticking (12/12)
How John Hancock Met Distributors iPad Demands (12/12)
The Road to Big Data (12/11)
Innovation Important - Even for Young at Heart (12/10)
Windows 8: 3 Items for Insurers to Watch (12/10)
Technology, Claims Segmentation Enhance Fraud Detection (12/6)
Data Breach at Nationwide Leaves 1.1 Million at Risk (12/6)
IASA, Ward Group Begin Nomination Process for 2013 Technology Innovation Award (12/5)
In Social Media Age, Liability for Small- & Mid-Sized Cos. Growing (12/4)
4 Questions Insurers Should Ask About Data-Driven Marketing (12/3)
4 Tech Priorities for Commercial Lines Carriers (12/3)
Fraud Detection Software Increasingly Important (12/3)
Laying the Path for New Insurance Models (11/28)
Rate Increases Expected for Management Liability & Professional Lines (11/28)
4 Ways for the Life Insurance Industry to Survive (11/28)
Cyber Threat Not Number One Method of Identity Theft (11/27)
Which Tech Provider is Best? (11/26)
2013 and Years Ahead Bring Less Control for Enterprise IT (11/26)
Data Breaches Remain Low on List of Identity Fraud Cases (11/26)
Average P&C Insurer to Spend $17.5 Million on Claims Modernization (11/15)
U.S. Property & Casualty Insurance Claims Executives See a Need to Modernize and INcrease Flexibility of Claims Systems, According to an Accenture Survey (11/15)
Business Case Needed for Investment in Modern Core Systems (11/14)
Impetus for Innovation Growing Among Insurers (11/14)
Smartphones Favored for Customer Service Interactions (11/14)
Business Case Needed for Investment in Modern Core Systems (11/14)
What's Next for Data Centers and Their Operators in 2013? (11/13)
Design, Not Performance, Defines Success of Online Quoting: Study (11/12)
BI, Claims Technologies Top Personal Lines Carriers' Priorities (11/8)
The Good, Bad and the Ugly at PCI 2012 (11/7)
Insurers Across Lines of Business Focus on Continuity Post-Sandy (11/7)
Insurance CIOs Embrace Their Role as Marketers (11/7)
Novarica Reports Personal Lines Insurers Invesing in Business Intelligence, Policy Administration, Portals, and Claims Technology in Still Soft Market (11/7)
Why Insurance is Like Victoria's Secret (11/6)
Big Data, Big Hype, Big Brother (11/6)
IT Jobs Up in October (11/5)
Industry's Top Value Drivers are Pricing Strategy, Quality of Service (11/2)
Equity Analysts Expect Higher Profitability from Insurers Despite Difficult Market Conditions, According to Accenture Survey (11/1)
Claims Execs Required to Do More With Less (11/1)
Serving Small Businesses in a Digital World (11/1)
Life Insurer Lifts Electronic Signature Usage to 73 Percent (10/31)
Getting Social Media Right the First Time (10/30)
Accenture Unveils Enhanced Life and Annuity Insurance Software Designed to Help Insurers Drive More Growth (10/29)
Hyland Software Establishes UK Subsidiary (10/29)
PURE Prepared for Sandy Using Cloud Based Capabilities (10/29)
Maturing ECM Technology Tested by Increase in Data (10/28)
Wealth Management IT Spending: A Global Perspective (10/26)
Key Insurance Considerations for Document Management (10/25)
EU Weighs 2-Year Delay for Insurer Capital Rules (10/25)
New Data Platform Designed to Increase Reliability of P&C Pricing (10/25)
Changing Times: How Insurance CIO's can Strengthen Their Strategic Influence (10/25)
Meadowbrook Under Review by A.M. Best (10/25)
Learning Analytics: How Data Provides Direction (10/24)
Technology Indistinguishable from Business for Insurers (10/19)
Go, Go, Gadget: Top Emerging Technology Tools for Insurers (10/19)
Independent Agencies on the Rise Again, Survey Shows (10/19)
Putting Global Cloud Standards on the Map (10/18)
Questions P&C Insurers Need to Ask When Shopping For Rating Software (10/18)
Upgrading Your ECM: More and Different Content Creates New Problems (10/17)
Commercial-Insurance Premium Growth Nearly Three Times Faster in Emerging Markets (10/17)
In 10 Year Review of Performance Metrics, Regionals Lag Behind Other Insurers (10/16)
New Courses Target Cat, Worker's Comp Claims Handling (10/15)
Who Thought of That? Putting the Crowd to Work (10/12)
CIAB TAKE-20 Seeks Innovative Thinking From Members (10/12)
OCT. 17th - The Wind and Hail Claims Settlement Challenge - Eliminate Guesswork Webinar
The Sexiest Man in Insurance? Why Big Data Chiefs Are Hot (10/11)
Insurers Hit the Underwriting Mark With Big Data (10/11)
A Peek Into Insurers' 2013 Budget and Projects (10/11)
Producer Management Presents Opportunity for Predictive Analytics (10/11)
Consumer Research Tendencies Vary by Generation (10/11)
5 Communication Tips for Insurance CIOs (10/10)
Are the CIO and IT Organization Replaceable? (10/9)
Dovetail Insurance Recognized for Cloud Computing (10/9)
Accident-Avoidance Tech Continues to Impact Auto Claims (10/8)
Modernization Choice: Replacement or Future-Proof Environment Leveraging Legacy Assets? (10/5)
Most Insurers See Predictive Analytics as Key to Fraud-Fighting: FICO/PCI Survey (10/4)
Health Insurer Helps Business Users Visualize Big Data (10/4)
Customer First: Using Analytics to Understand Policyholders (10/4)
U.S. Bank Hackers Used Advanced Botnets, Diverse Tools (10/3)
Can Analytics Degree Bridge the Business-IT Gap? (10/2)
Insurers Adapt to a Mobile World (10/2)
Life/Annuity Insurers Focus Analytics Efforst on Customer Acquistion (10/2)
What is Next for Business Analytics? (10/2)
Green Data Center Spending to Reach $45B by 2016 (10/1)
Cloud Computing Strategy for Insurers: A Little Bit of Both (10/1)
CNA's Alok Mehta Brings World Champion Focus to Transformation (9/27)
Partnering For Crime Prevention (9/27)
Mobility Disruption: A CIO Perspective (9/26)
Insurance CIOs Dream Projects (9/25)
Chubb's 4 "P"s of Innovation (9/25)
USAA, Amica Lead in Policyholder Security (9/24)
Hold the Phones: BYOD Deserves More Caution (9/24)
8 Ways Insurance CIOs Can Maximize Success (9/24)
5 Mobile Insurance Apps That Help Policyholders Inventory Possessions (9/21)
Keeping an Eye on Things: The Scary Part of Analytics (9/21)
GAO Urges Action on Mobile Device Security (9/20)
Claims Officers Want More Investment in Technology Solution (9/20)
Only 17% of Insurers Use Predictive Analytics in Claims: Towers Watson (9/20)
Former Minn Gov. Pawlenty to Head U.S. Financial Lobbying Group (9/20)
Federal Money Boosts IT Investment in Insurance Exchanges (9/17)
VIP: Revolutionizing the Approach to Core System Vendor Evaluations (9/14)
Myanmar to Open Insurance Sector to Foreigners in 2015 (9/14)
Taking Control of BYOD (9/14)
Cloud, Enterprise Software Stabilize Worldwide IT Spending (9/13)
Use of Analytics Pervades P&C Carriers (9/12)
IT Employment Continues to Grow; Hits Another All-Time High in August (9/12)
Insurance Fraud Detection Technology Goes Mainstream (9/10)
IT Outsourcing Spend Increases (9/7)
Building Knowledge Economy Requires Local Networking (9/7)
AXA, State Farm, Humana and Aegon Top Global Mobile App Ranking (9/7)
Outsourcing Weathers IT Skills Gap with the Cloud (9/4)
Telematics or Not? The Pressure Is On For Mid-Sized Carriers (9/4)
Recycling's Best Defense (9/1)
Applied Honors Insurers for Excellence In Communication (8/31)
Though Science Improves, Hurricanes Remain Maddeningly Unpredictable (8/22)
66 Insurers Selected for Inc. Magazine's 5000 (8/22)
Report: Prudential Emerges as Leader in Hartford Life Bidding (8/20)
Top 10 Q2 Indexed Annuity and Life Insurance Carriers (8/17)
All Insurers Need to Prepare for, Invest in Big Data (8/16)
Customer Analytics: Social and Predictive Gains a Few Years Off (8/16)
Cloud, SaaS Making a Mark in Tech M&A (8/15)
Advanced Operational Models Needed to Leverage Technology, Fight Fraud (8/14)
IT-oLogy hosts Gartner for Big Data Conference (8/7)
Saskatchewan Workers Compensation Board Goes Live with FINEOS Claims (8/7)
Innovation Group Enhances Insurer Analytics Solution (8/7)
Large P&C Carriers Expressing More Interest in Claims Systems: Novarica Report (8/6)
Majority of P&C Insurers Planning Claims Systems Replacement: Novarica (8/6)
Pictomety Awarded U.S. Patent for Pitched Surface Measurement Technology (8/2)
The Hartford Sells Life Brokerage Unit to AIG (8/1)
4 Business Strategies and the Technologies to Support Them (8/1)
Aetna Still Has Apetite for Big Acquisition, CFO Zubretsky Says (7/31)
75 Percent of Insurers to Increase Data and Analytics Spend (7/30)
Data Centers Reach Their Limit (7/27)
6 Best Practices for Interactive Tools (7/25)
Start Small for Success with e-Signatures and e-Delivery (7/25)
Multi-line Claims Management Systems More Attactive to P&C Insurers (7/24)
Data Mastery ROI Starts with Defining the Strategy (7/24)
Insurers See Clouds on the Horizon (7/23)
Insurance IT Salary Survey: Job Outlook Improving (7/20)
Sprint Jumps into Usage-Based Insurance Fray (7/19)
Accenture Named One of the "Best Corporate Citizens" in Government Contracting (7/19)
Telematics: The Latest Conversation Starter Among Insurers (7/19)
Mobile App Designed to Streamline Claims Assignments (7/18)
Being There: 2 Key Technology Tools Make Remote Work Possible (7/18)
PAS vs. CCM: Document Management Drill-Down (7/17)
ACORD Members See Value in Analytics, Big Data: SMA Survey (7/16)
Big Data, Meet Massive Analytics Market Growth (7/12)
Insurers Early Adopters of Social Media (7/12)
Avoiding Guesswork in Establishing IT Strategy (7/11)
Last Resort: Investment in a Claims System is Less of a Priority for Insurers (7/11)
Mobile Priority No.1: Improve App Performance (7/11)
70 Percent of Insurers Communicate with Independent Agents via Social Media (7/10)
Esurance's Facebook Discount Ups Ante in Battle for 'Likes' (7/10)
Cloud Lifts IT Spending Above $3.6T in 2012 (7/9)
Mobile Business Intelligence Is On the Move (7/6)
IT Hiring, Salaries Softening (7/6)
Who's Using What: Insurance Software Solution Deals (6/21)
Insurance Regulation Report Card: Top 5 and Bottom 5 States (6/20)
RMS V.11 Model May Mean Significant Increase for U.K. Insurers (6/18)
Innovation Overdue for Consolidated Premium Billing (6/15)
What Insurers Need to Know Before Adopting Agile Development (6/15)
Big Data= Big Challenge (6/14)
Convenient Wi-Fi Availability Just Another Access Point for Data Theives (6/14)
Wolters Kluwer Solution Helps Insurers Simplify Compliance (6/11)
Speed, Agility, Mobility Among Town Hall Topics (6/6)
CIO/CTO Roundtable Looks Ahead at the Future of IT (6/5)
Insurity Introduces New Forms Authoring Tools (6/3)
INNOVATION IN INSURANCE ANALYST SURVEY 2012
Content Management: A New Beginning? (6/1)
Analyzing Industry Analysts (5/31)
Celent Novarica, SMA Earn High Marks in i3 Survey (5/31)
RMS V.11 Model May Mean Significant Increase for U.K. Insurers (6/18)
Innovation Overdue for Consolidated Premium Billing (6/15)
What Insurers Need to Know Before Adopting Agile Development (6/15)
Big Data= Big Challenge (6/14)
Convenient Wi-Fi Availability Just Another Access Point for Data Theives (6/14)
Wolters Kluwer Solution Helps Insurers Simplify Compliance (6/11)
Speed, Agility, Mobility Among Town Hall Topics (6/6)
CIO/CTO Roundtable Looks Ahead at the Future of IT (6/5)
Insurity Introduces New Forms Authoring Tools (6/3)
INNOVATION IN INSURANCE ANALYST SURVEY 2012
Content Management: A New Beginning? (6/1)
Analyzing Industry Analysts (5/31)
Celent Novarica, SMA Earn High Marks in i3 Survey (5/31)
Advanced BI and Analytics Transform Claims (5/30)
What's Next in BYOD Investment: Preventing Malware Attack and Managing Costs (5/29)
Who's Using What: Insurance Software Solution Deals (5/25)
Trusted Choice Tool Gives Agents Presence on Mobile Devices (5/21)
The Week in Quotes (5/18)
The Insurance Technical Evolution, 2012-2017 (5/17)
Insurers Explore the Imperative to Automate (5/17)
Property/Casualty Leads in Software Deal Volume (5/17)
Push Seen in Core Systems Upgrades (5/16)
7 Tech Solution Providers, 6 Insurers Receive Awards (5/16)
ACORD Announces New Member Services Initiatives (5/15)
Tech Boom in NYC (5/11)
Embracing Mobile-Enabled Portals for Agents, CSR's (5/11)
Millenial Media Report Reveals Money to be Made in Mobile Finance Market (5/9)
CIOs Emphasize Communication, Enterprise Integration (5/8)
Guidewire Enhances Rating Function of Policy System (5/8)
Where Big Data Shows Huge ROI (5/7)
IT Job Growth Limited to Processing, Boston and Palo Alto (5/6)
Building IT Systems Like They Used To (5/4)
MPLI Outperforms Property/Casuality in 2011 (5/3)
Mobile Technology Changing the Face of P&C Insurance (5/3)
Insurers Using Social Media, But Not Seeing Increased Sales (5/2)
Claims Upgrade Pays Dividends (5/1)
IT Security Spending Boom Continues (4/26)
States, Insurers Seeking Answers in Volatile Worker's Compensation Line (4/26)
FICO Solution to Combats Insurance Claims Fraud (4/26)
IT Employment on the Road to Recovery (4/26)
Returning Warriors Face Driving Safety Risks (4/24)
Many Insurers Struggle With Mobile Mindset (4/19)
Insurance Companies Look to Online Retailers as Role Models (4/19)
Product Configuration: Bringing Order and Efficiency to the Modern Insurance Enterprise (4/19)
Health Plan Executives Focus to Technology (4/18)
Inside a Claims Management Company's Tech Strategy (4/18)
New Great-West Life App Lets Members Submit Insurance Claims (4/17)
Insurers Eagerly Invest in Document, Content Technologies (4/17)
Successful Claims Strategies Must Address New Customer Attitudes & Expectations (4/17)
Oracle Suit vs. Google Over Android Hits Trial (4/16)
Insurers Social Media Examined (4/16)
USAA, Mitek in Mobile Deposit Tech Battle (4/13)
IBM Increases Analytics Portfolio Through Purchase of Varicent (4/13)
Most P&C Insurers' Policy Adminstration Systems Projects Show Improvements of 25% or More in Speed to Market and Data Accessibility , According to Novarica Study of 37 Cases (4/12)
1,200 IT Jobs Lost in March; Short-term Hiring is Up (4/11)
Priorites for P&C Insurers: Customers, Agents, and Core Systems (4/9)
Embracing Automated Underwriting (4/9)
Online Activity Affecting Auto Insurance Premiums (4/6)
Monetary Woes Denting IT Spend, Gartner Says (4/5)
Would IT Suffer if Heathcare Reform is Overturned? (4/5)
CIOs Need New Manifesto (4/5)
Customer Service Channels Shifting (4/5)
SMBs Lacking Data Protection (4/2)
Can Social Technology Deliver? (3/30)
Smart Connected Devices Booming (3/29)
Improving Customer Experience to Increase Revenue (3/29)
Alfac Uses Harvard ManageMentor Software for Employee Education (3/29)
10 Tips When Considering Cyber Insurance (3/28)
Innovation, Customer Service and Emerging Markets Top Insurers Concerns (3/28)
Threadwire Introduces First Product: Mobile Apps for Agencies (3/28)
Innovation Group Enhances Suite of Products with Configuration Component (3/27)
Insurers Identify Technology Best Practices (3/27)
Getting Social, But Missing the Tools (3/26)
MIT Tackles the Untethered Enterprise (3/26)
3 Ways Soial Media Works for Insurers (3/26)
Colonial Life White Paper Shows Proven Solutions to Control Benefits Costs (3/26)
New SAS BI Solution Offers Visual Analytics Interface (3/23)
IT, Business Tensions Thunder Beneath Cloud (3/22)
Ebix to Present at Maxim Group's Growth Conference on March 26th, 2012 in New York (3/22)
Global Insurance IT Spending to Reach $140 Billion in 2012 (3/21)
Technology Sought to Bolster Employee Benefits (3/21)
Celent CIO Survey Shows Focus Shifting to Innovation (3/21)
Microinsurance a Growth Opportunity for Carriers Says Accenture Study (3/20)
Insurers Cater to Customers as Digital Business Advances (3/20)
Towers Watson Granted Smart Modeling Technique Patents (3/16)
Insurance-Specific Social Analytics Software Launched (3/15)
Insurers Among Growth Trend in Data Storage (3/15)
Specialty Coverage Launched for Salons, Day Spas, Tattoo Parlors (3/14)
Automakers Integrating Smartphones as Hubs (3/13)
ACE Risk Management Launches Mulitple-Insured Captive Reinsurance Program (3/13)
A Big Threat in Small Devices: Fraudsters Flock to Mobile (3/12)
Insurers' Mobile Payments Opportunity, Part II: Cost Reduction (3/12)
K&B Underwriters Launches Workers Comp Product for Senior Living Facilities (3/9)
SIM Examines Wisdom of Clouds (3/9)
STP 2.0: Integrating Intelligence into Transactions (3/9)
Publication reveals industry with nearly $6.7B impact and 1000+ career opportunities (3/6)
New Report on Third-Party Data Services for Insurance Underwriting, Marketing, Product Development and Claims (3/1)
Combined Databases Offer Singular View of Customer (3/1)
Twitter To Release Two-Year Archive of Tweets (3/1)
Combined Databases Offer Singular View of the Customer (3/1)
Insurers Look to Policicy Administration for Efficency (2/29)
The Core System Imperative (2/29)
Insurers Look to Policy Administration for Efficiency (2/29)
Microinsurance Identified as New Paradigm for Business (2/29)
Insurers Leverage Social Media Compliance Platform (2/29)
To Do More with Less, Consider Lean IT (2/28)
Electronic Proof of Insurance a Growing Trend (2/28)
Lockdown of Social Information Could Challenge Insurers (2/27)
Six Mobile App Vendors Strike Privacy Deal (2/24)
Facing the Business Challenges Through IT (2/23)
Insurers Need Robust Predictive Modeling to Meet Policyholder's Needs: E&Y (2/23)
Kaiser Permanente's Big EHR Bet is Paying Off (2/23)
Ironshore opens Property/Casualty Production Center in Boston (2/23)
eAgent/Vocalocity Intergration Adds Flexibility, Better Customer Database Management for Insurance Agents (2/23)
Consumers Think Beyond Price; Not Interested in Online-Only Experience (2/22)
MajescoMastek Creates Producer Portal for Elixir System (2/22)
Outlining the Personal Lines Consumers (2/22)
Applied Systems Further Expands to Serve Rapidly Growing Customer Base (2/21)
New Sapiens Release Looks to Improve Product Development (2/21)
Insurance Companies Get Smarter About Project Management (2/20)
Accenture Receives Industry Awards for its Property & Casuality Insurance Administration Software Solution (2/19)
Travelers Offers Telematics Technology to Fleet Operators (2/17)
Human Knowledge Enables Insurers to Capitalize on Analytics (2/16)
Payroll-tax Includes Pension Contribution Hike for New Federal Employees (2/16)
Loss-Cost Increase in Workers Comp Rates Sought for South Carolina (2/15)
Automatic Enrollment in Larger Employer Health Plans Delayed to 2014 (2/15)
California, DOL address misclassification of employees (2/15)
Innovation in Insurance Has Reached 1260 Subscribers Worldwide (2/13)
Benefits Communication Incorporates Social Media, Technology (2/12)
Technology Trends (2/12)
RiskMeter.com Enhances Data to Improve Catastrophe Modeling (2/10)
Innovation in Insurance Announces First Recruiting Advertiser (1/28)
Surging Interest in Pay As/How You Drive (2/16)
Predictive Analytics Defining Marketing Competition (2/16)
Life Insurers Gearing Up Mobile Efforts (2/15)
Agency Management System vs. Carrier Portals: The Battle of Insurance Agents' Desktops (2/14)
The State of Cloud Standards (2/10)
AXA, ACE Slug it out for HSBC Insurance Arm-Sources (2/9)
Administration Rethinks Contraceptive Mandate for Religious-Affiliated Employers (2/8)
Many Insurance CFOs Planning Acquisitions in the Next Year (2/8)
NY Regulators Press Citi unit on Insurance Probe (2/8)
Eagerness to Accessorize Putting Some UK Drivers at Risk (2/8)
85% of Insurers Outsource Some Element of IT, 25-35% Are Planning to Use More External Services in 2012, Says Novarica Report (2/7)
Insurer Outsourcing Still Seen as a Viable Tech Strategy (2/7)
Predictive Modeling Making Inroads (2/7)
Erie Family Life Attracts Agents With Paper-less Process (2/6)
Battening Down For Data Breaches (2/6)
RIMS, Lockton Reports Outline best Practices to Avoid Computer Data Breaches (2/6)
Humana Expects 200,000 More Medicare Members This Year (2/6)
Commercial Insurers Lag Personal Lines in Using Predictive Modeling: Analysis (2/6)
Assurant Launches Claims App for iPhone, Andriod (2/6)
Hacked Companies Still Not Telling Investors (2/2)
MajescoMastek Wins Two Celent XCelent Awards for STG Billing (2/2)
Munich Re eyes $3.17 Billion Net Profit in 2012 (2/2)
Pension Plan Funding Improves in January: Mercer (2/2)
IT More Important Than Ever (2/2)
Plumeri: Managing Risk Requires Long-Term Sustainability (2/1)
Insurance broker Hylant Announces Corporate Restructuring Strategy (2/1)
Organizations transferring reputational risks to captives: WCF Panelists (2/1)
Houston Agency Processes 1 Million Transaction in Artizan CSR24 (2/1)
Follow-Up: Squaring Away IT for a Top-Tier Manager (1/31)
Top Mobile Auto Insurers Ranked (1/31)
Celent Honors 23 Insurers for Effective Use of Technology (1/30)
Inter-Insurance Claims Arbitration Sets New Record (1/30)
Achieving A Mobile-First Mindset (1/30)
Not All Analytics Fit for the Cloud (1/27)
Assessing Online Auto Quoting (1/27)
Emerging Technologies: Placing the Right Bets (1/27)
Efforts for Long-Term NFIP Extension Intensify (1/26)
Milliman Lauches Risk Institute (1/26)
Buyers Concerned About Insurance Pricing, Availability, Survey Finds (1/26)
Guidewire IPO to Help Fund Global Expansion (1/25)
Marsh Exec: Hard Market Turn Not on Horizon (1/25)
Insured Loss from Southern Storms Less Than $100M: Eqecat (1/24)
Allstate Seeks Rate Increase in Louisiana (1/24)
Commerical Property/Casualty Rates up 2.8% in Fourth Quarter of 2011 (1/24)
Forbes.com Lists the 9 Safest 2012 Vehicles (1/23)
Gap Still Exists Between Perceived ERM Importance and Adoption (1/20)
4 Insureers Make Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work for List (1/20)
IVANS Meetings Focus on Leveraging Technology to Drive Growth, Reduce Costs (1/19)
Billing System Activity Remains High for P&C Insurers (1/19)
Cyber Risks Grow Increasingly Complex, Damaging (1/19)
New Data Risk Emerging From Cloud Computing (1/19)
5 Insurer Tech Strategies to Enhance the Agent-Customer Experience (1/18)
5 Digital Marketing Imperatives for Life Insurers (1/18)
Selling Auto Insurance to the "New Consumer" (1/18)
Risk Management Summit Topics to Include Supply Chain, Cyber, Global Risks (1/17)
Study: IT Workers to See 2.8% Pay Increase (1/17)
RFID Tags Help Cut Risks For Building Projects (1/15)
Aon Moving Headquarters To London (1/13)
Insurance's Version of Pay to Play (1/13)
Insurance CIOs Vary in Value Proposition News (1/12)
Business Insurance's 2012 Innovation Awards Winners Named (1/12)
Top 5 Workplace Injury Causes Make Up 72% of Direct Workers Comp Costs: Analysis (1/10)
Forrester Sees Shifting IT Market (1/11)
Are You Ready for the Era of Big Data? (1/9)
Gender Disconnect Prevents Sales (1/9)
Bracing For BYOD (1/9)
Technology Expectations Soar Among Drivers (1/9)
Mobile, Data Will Define 2012 (1/6)
Not All Carriers Worry About Replacing Core Systems (1/5)
2012 IT Investments: Looking Through a Different Lens (1/5)
A Predictive Analytics Arsenal (1/5)
Telematics Takes Center Stage (1/5)
MDM Hits a High Note (1/5)
Results from StoneRiver's Sixth Annual P&C Insurance Technology Survey (12/28)
CSC Receives XCelent Awards from Leading Analyst Firm (12/21)
FIO Receives Request from NRRA (12/21)
Priority Data Expands Presence (12/21)
Aon Settles with DOJ, SEC (12/21)
Sapiens' FIS Wins XCelent Award (12/20)
Case Study: XL Group Integrating Multiple Systems (12/15)
MajescoMastek's Elixir North American Policy Administration System Named Celent XCelent Award Winner (12/14)
2011 Best Practices Study Shows Majority of Top Performers Are Applied Systems Angencies (12/13)
CSC Forms Insurance Cybersecurity Advisory Council (12/13)
Accenture's Insurance Techonology Trends for 2012, Part II (12/12)
Opportunities Abound for Mobile Expansion (12/12)
The Sky Isn't Falling, But the Internet Might (12/9)
2011 IT Town Hall: Positive Energy for the Future (12/12)
GIS Lauded as One of Fastest Growing Companies in South Carolina (12/8)
Is BOA the New SOA? (12/7)
Vertafore Awarded by ACORD for Industry Leadership for Fifth Consecutive Year (12/7)
Hyland Software's OnBase ECM Solution Receives Meaningful Use Certification (12/6)
Keep Customer Relations Personal (12/5)
IDC Predicts 2012 Surge for Mobile, Cloud (12/2)
Technology Takes Center Stage for Auto Insurers (12/2)
LinkedIn, Facebook Top Social Media Tools (12/1)
PwC Reports Increase in Fraud, Cyber Crime (12/1)
ACORD Standards Fuel Operatational Improvements at SPARTA, Glatfelter Insurance (12/1)
Carriers Seek to Lower Disruption Costs (12/1)
Small Businesses to Increase IT Spend in 2012 (11/30)
Agents Prefer Carrier Portals When Placing Personal Business: PLGA (11/30)
Accenture Says Tech Spending Centering on Customers, Not Products (11/30)
Aetna, Banner Health Pitch ACO-Related Health Plan (11/29)
Risk Management Program on Tap for Agents, Brokers (11/28)
Telematics Data Divulges Driving Habits (11/28)
Competition Unabated for Policy Administration System Vendors (11/28)
Dodd-Frank and EMIR Derivatives Reforms (11/17)
Is "Driving While a Hypocrite" Against the Law? (11/17)
Mobility Means Tough Choices for Insurers (11/17)
Agents, Carriers Seek 24/7 Connectivity (11/17)
Applied Systems Wins Top Honor from Insurance Standards Body (11/17)
Carriers, Agents Demand Mobile Access: FirstBest Survery (11/16)
Underwriting Flying Cars and Jetpacks: Talk About Your Specialty Lines (11/14)
U.S. CIO Kundra to Keynote 2012 ACORD LOMA Forum (11/14)
Sharpening Compliance with Cloud-Based Analytics Tools (11/11)
Analytics Held Up By People More Than Tech (11/11)
The State of Social Media Within the Industry (11/11)
Mergers & Acquistions: Never-ending Circle for Solution Providers (11/11)
Maximizing Agency Technology: A Change Worth Making (11/11)
The Return of Insurity: Analyst React (11/10)
Insurers Push Boundaries of Social Media Use in Claims, Underwriting (11/10)
IT Spend Shifts to Risk (11/9)
ACORD Presents Insurance Technologies a Most Compelling Case Study 2011 (11/9)
Insurers Acknowledge Customer-Facing Shortcomings (11/9)
Social Media: Taming the Wild West (11/8)
Ready for the Future? (11/7)
Regulations Spurring IT Spend (11/7)
Insurers Must Embrace Constant Innovation in Mobile Capabilities: IBC's Yetter (11/4)
Accenture P&C Suite Announcement Prompts Enthusiasm, Skepticism (11/4)
Social Media's Challenge to Underwriters (11/4)
Health Insurance Sector Fails Website Evaluation (11/3)
Social Media Monitoring: You're Doing it Wrong (11/3)
IT Execs Concerned About Cloud Security (11/2)
Cyber Attacks Increasingly Focus at Individual Users: Ernst & Young (11/1)
Aon Steps Up Support for Women (11/1)
Guidewire Software Wins Four Celent XCelent Awards in Policy Administration (10/27)
RIM Hit With Consumer Lawsuits Over BlackBerry Outage (10/27)
Online Employee Benefits Enrollment Surges (10/27)
Addressing Analytics in 2012 (10/26)
Building the Insurance Company of the Future (10/26)
Social Media's Big Business Risks (10/25)
Keeping an Eye on Life Insurer's Online Activity (10/24)
Magnitude 7.2 Quake Rocks Turkey (10/24)
Automation Technology Can Successfully Transform Business (10/20)
Guidewire Software's 'Connections 2011' Conference Draws 475 Customer and Partner Attendees (10/20)
IT Pros Feel Salary Crunch (10/20)
Accenture and Guidewire Software, Inc. Settle Patent Lawsuits (10/18)
Accenture and Avanade Named to 2001 President's Club for Microsoft Dynamics CRM (10/20)
Pitney Bowes Business Insight Study Reveals Lack of Trust Toward Consumers (10/20)
Opportunity in Solvency II? (10/19)
Despite TWD Dangers, Teens Continue to Text (10/19)
Internal Mobile Apps Still Sputtering (10/19)
CIOs Face Innovation Conundrums (10/18)
IT Leaders Called to Re-Imagine IT (10/18)
IT Execs Prioritize Concerns (10/18)
8 Trends Redifining Insurance Technology (10/17)
Insurance IT Spending: Throw Out of the Caution? (10/17)
The Next Big Security Challenges (10/13)
Can Insurance Boost Early Stage Clean Technologies? (10/12)
Making Social Data Operational (10/11)
SMA, Tech Decisions Research Insurer Views on Going Paperless (10/11)
Insurance IT Innovation: What's the Big Idea (10/10)
Insurers Use Social Media to Investigate Claims (10/9)
Mitchell Launches ICD-10 Video Learning Series (10/7)
The 4 Prerequisites of Business Intelligence (10/7)
New Options Emerge On The Specialty Distribution Road (10/6)
GIS Tools Offer Insurers Help from Above (10/6)
Ohio Health insurance exchange’s IT tab projected at up to $63M (10/6)
Mitchell RepairCenter Integrates with UpdatePromise.com To Enhance Repair Status Communication (10/5)
Insurers to Increase IT Budgets, Focus on Analytics, Agents and Speed to Market: Novarica (10/4)
Innovation Group Recognized With Four Celent XCelent Awards for Insurance Policy (10/4)
Insurance Tech Firms Set for Regulatory Windfall (9/29)
Hyland Software’s OnBase again endorsed by American Hospital Association Solutions as enterprise content management solution of choice for hospitals (9/27)
StoneRiver Honors 2011 Excel Award Winning Clients (9/27)
Accentrue: Policy Software Update (9/22)
Going Mobile: Have Insurers Caught the Trend (9/22)
Lessening Core System Complexity (9/22)
Nearshore Outsourcing Options Available for Insurers (9/22)
Underwriting, Consumer Portals Among the Top Technologies for Carrier Investments: IVANS Survery (9/22)
Top 5 Technology Investment Priorities for Insurers (9/21)
Agency Idea Exchange Featured at ASCnet's 2001 TENCon (9/21)
Cloud to Cut Data Consumption by One-Third (9/21)
Hyland Software Named a Finalist for the 2011 Microsoft Midmarket Solution Provider Partner of the Year Award (9/21)
Applied Systems and Artizan Talk 'cloud' at Insurance Tech Conference (9/21)
Vertafore Wins 2001 Entrepreneurial Insurance Award for WorkSmart Product Innovation (9/20)
Insurers Re-Examine the Mobile Web (9/15)
What Make iPad App? (9/14)
Mobile Advancements Lead to Rise in Usage-based Insurance (9/14)
Life Insurance and Annuity Community Recognizes 2011 CSC Innovation Award Winners (9/12)
Insurance IT All-Stars 2011 (9/8)
Insurance principals, owners to focus on business benefits of technology (9/7)
The 25 Best Tech Companies to Work for in 2011 (9/2)
Research: The Social Business Technology Horizon (9/1)
Social Media: The End of an Era (9/1)
Accenture Newsroom: Accenture Completes Acquisiton of Duck Creek Technologies (8/23)
New Report from Norvarica Outlines Best Practices in Business Process Outsourcing (8/25)
Applying Predictive Analytics to Claims (8/25)
Aite Study Predicts Great Results for Carriers Using Predictive Analytics (8/25)
StoneRiver Announces Keynote and Analyst Speakers during Executive Council and Summit 2011 Client Conference (8/24)
Insurers Likely to Develop Hybrid Clouds (8/18)
Embracing the Cloud - But Only to a Point (8/17)
4 Critical Questions About the Cloud (8/16)
Insurers spend more on IT (8/12)
Health Insurers Take Bold Steps in Social Media (8/11)
Keeping and Eye on Social Media (8/2)
Sapiens' RapidSure Featured in Strategy Meeting Actions (SMA) Perspective Report: "The Pressing Need for Speed" (8/1)
Novarica Research Shows P&C Carriers Investing in Claims Solutions (7/28)
Growth of IT-Enabled Capabilities and IT Budgets 2004-2011 (7/28)
US Property/Casualty Claims Solutions 2011(Q3) (7/28)
Case Study: Leveraging BPO/VICO at Prudential Insurance Company of America (7/28)
Claims Technology Leads Next Wave of Investment for Personal Lines Carriers: Conning (7/26)
Younger Insurance Customers Looking at Mobile Technology: Accenture Survery (7/25)
Insurance Companies Left Unprotected Using Old-School Methodologies (7/20)
IT Hustles to Meet Mobile Needs (7/14)
Three tech trends shaping the future IT organization and the CIO role (7/13)
Scholarships Awarded at NAIW Convention (7/4)
With More Insurance M&As, IT Faces Compliance, Integrations Challenges (6/22)
ICANN’s New Top-Level Domain Name Program Forces Insurers to React (6/20)
Paper, Phone, Email, Web, Mobile: New Novarica Study Of Insurers Finds Insurers Investing In New Channels While Continuing To Support High Volumes In Paper And Phone For Key Areas (6/16)
P&C Carriers’ Hottest Reinsurance Issue: Personnel Retiring or Leaving (6/14)
Know the E&O Rules Around Social Networking (6/13)
U.K Continues to Outpace the Continent in BPO, according to Celent
Insurers Have Begun Outsourcing Core Functions, according to Celent
Advisen Predicts End of Soft Market in Commercial Insurance Premiums Followed by a Gradual and Prolonged Hard Market
Innovation Group Sued by Allstate of Canada for C$75M
HCL Opens New Software Center to Focus on Insurance and Other Financial Services (Similar to move by Polaris)
ProspX raises $6.5 million in venture capital
Solera Completes Acquisition of HPI from Aviva for $177M
Agents Embracing Technology in Their Sales Culture According to Celent
Recent Commentary on IT Spending in Insurance, in Light of Dismal Broader Economic Climate
Polaris and Microsoft Collaborate to Build Insurance Concept Lab in Chennai, India
Unnamed Large Insurer Demands $100M Upfront Payment for Outsourcing Contract
Nominate an independent, multi-line agency you know making the most innovative use of technology for the
second annual Agency Technology Achievement Award (granted by the National Underwriter in partnership with the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum).
14 Auto Insurers to Offer PAYD (pay-as-you-drive) policies in 2009
Friends Provident Signs 10-year, £200 Million Contract with IBM
CSC Acquires Object Builder Software of Bulgaria to Bolster Its Insurance Offerings in Europe
Predictive Analytics for Claims and Other Areas Will Remain a Top Focus for Carriers even in the Downturn according to TowerGroup
Top Ten Insurance Technology Vendors By Revenue (as compiled by Financial Insights and published by the American Banker; Top three are Tata, ChoicePoint, and Computer Associates)
Report on Insurance Company Outsourcing of Investment Management
National P&C Agency Association Release "2008 Agency Universe Study" (total number of independent agencies remains constant at 37,500)
Participate in Survey of Technology Vendors by Celent and Insurance Networking News (If you feel deja vu, you may be recalling the recently open Financial Insights and TechDecisions survey which is now closed; the results of both surveys will be announced at the ACORD/LOMA conference in May)
Web 2.0/Social Networking Makes More Inroads into Insurance: CSC P&C Announces More Than 3,000 Users Have Joined Its Wiki Since Mid-September and InsuranceBroadcasting Launches Insurance Campus.org and Gets More Than 100 Users Its First Day
Indian Outsoucing Firms Have Cut Back Hiring Compared to Last Year (Infosys hired 32k last year; will be 25k this year. Satyam hired 14-15k last year; will be 8-10k this year)
IDC Releases Detailed Research on Top 100 Outsourcing Deals in 2007, Showing Softening of Megadeals and Decline Across Geographies
UnitedHealth Creates a New Product: An Option to Buy Insurance
Auto Insurance Company Charges...by the Mile: Milemeter: Buy Your Insurance By the Mile
UnitedHealth Rolls Out Health Management Website for Consumers per Wall Street Journal (Click here for the site itself)
Long Term Care Group, Inc.(LTCG) Acquired by Genstar Capital from Advent International and CCP Equity Partners - Insurance & Technology Coverage
LTCG transaction is part of a broader play called UniVita Health involving Ben and Hugh Lytle - Press release - National Underwriter coverage - MarketWatch coverage
ZC Sterling Acquired by QBE - Bloomberg coverage - RTT News coverage
QBE Pays $575M Upfront with 2-year $325M Earnout for total of $900M
Electronic Health Records May Lower Malpractice Settlements according to Harvard study
FTC Moves to Block Merger of CCC and Mitchell Insurance Journal coverage - FTC press release - Claims Journal coverage
CCC/Mitchell Will "Vigorously Challenge" the FTC in Court Chicago Tribune coverage - San Diego Business Journal coverage - MarketWatch coverage
Offshoring to India of Insurance and Other Financial Services Takes A Hit from the Global Downturn According to Dun & Brad Report also shows that BPO declined year over year, and that Chennai is the preferred location (Bangalore was second and Mumbai third)
Majesco Mastek Exits the BPO business (update at The Bad News About That Insurance BPO Wasn’t All Bad adn more news on the Vector product here)
Ebix Acquires ConfirmNet - ConfirmNet Deal Closes
Salesforce.com launches online Insurance User Group
New Outsourcing Resource for Insurers' Asset and Investment Management Activities
Majestic Insurance Selects Fiserv Insurance Solutions
Indian-based Polaris Software Lab (Chennai) Completes Acquisition of U.S.-based (Pittsburgh, PA) SEEC for $8M
AQS Acquires AscendentOne Assets from ISO
Eagle Eye Analytics Divests Advanced Field Services (AFS) to The CIS Group
Court Renders Judgments on Accenture and Guidewire Lawsuits ... But Issue Not Completely Settled - The basis of the suit: Accenture's patent for "Component based interface to handle tasks during claims processing" which is No. 7,013,284 on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Fiserv Divests CareGain to Canopy Financial
October Innovation Summit will create a vision of the Best Insurance Agency 2015
Top Ten BPO Companies in India (If you guessed Genpact was number 1, you'd be right.)
Growth in IT spend for P&C Carriers in US next year to be about 2% according to Gartner and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Claims magazine coverage
Xchanging to acquire 75% of Cambridge resulting in $1.2B in combined annual revenues for international BPO. Business Insurance coverage - Reuters coverage - VCCircle coverage - Xchanging press release
Software firm EagleEye Analytics announces a strategic alliance with consultancy Milliman. Press release
Oracle steps up its commitment to Insurance with a focused brand and architecture. National Underwriter coverage - MarketWatch coverage - Insurance Journal coverage
Lehman Brothers collapse jeopardizes Misys' deal to spin off its Healthcare division to Allscripts. Finextra coverage
SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) has signed an agreement with major insurance industry players to develop a central platform for electronic transmission between insurers, brokers, and reinsurers. ACORD is involved. Such efforts have been pursued in the past within national borders (e.g. IVANS in the US), but this effort is international and European-centric (SWIFT is based in Belgium and serves financial institutions in over 200 countries). Finextra coverage
2008 Black Book Top Insurance Outsourcing Vendors is published online by the Brown-Wilson Group, authors of The Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage the Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities. The report and news coverage must be read carefully, however, because while "outsourcing" and "offshoring" are different terms with different meanings, the distinction in the coverage and report is not always clear. Insurance Newscast coverage - The Brown-Wilson Report
Celent publishes IT Overview on France, the world fourth largest insurance market. National Underwriter coverage
HCSC, which operates Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in IL, NM, OK, and TX) acquired MEDecision, a health information technology company headed by Tim Wallace who now moves on to become CEO of iPipeline and Coss Development which it recently acquired. TechDecisions coverage
Ebix acquires Acclamation Systems. This effectively extends the publicly-owned Atlanta-based company into health benefits and claims processing. Ebix press release
Norwich Union outsources administration of wealth management products and Bravura Solutions is the beneficiary. The UK insurer is cutting 500 jobs and the Australian outsourcer is picking up licensing, maintenance, and hosting revenue through its relationship with Scottish Friendly. The Sydney-based firm picked up some of its wealth management capability through an acquisition of some of the assets of CSC's Austrailian operation. Finextra coverage