Analytics

Insurance CEOs are overwhelmingly optimistic about growth and hiring, but more than half are concerned about their ability to manage technological change and new market entrants, according to survey.

Strategy Meets Action Founder Deb Smallwood discusses the current landscape of cloud computing, opportunities and challenges that come with it and action items for insurers.Throughout January and February, Smallwood details each of SMAs five next-generation technologies — analytics and big data, mobile technologies, collaboration technologies, cloud computing and telematics.To find out how the research and consulting firm came to these five, click here. No. 1: Analytics and Big DataNo. 2: Mobile TechnologiesNo. 3. CollaborationCheck back next week for next-gen technology No. 5: Telematics.

Title insurer's CEO says Interthinx will help it offer real estate customers "further assurances in areas that present risk, including fraud, identity and income validation, collateral adequacy and compliance."

APIs are the new big thing for technology innovation, and they literally are everywhere.

Technological advances are generating vast new sources of data that can assist carriers with better decision-making.

Gartner predicts that by 2015, 25 percent of large global organizations will have appointed CDOs.

A slew of new products and data sources emphasize the speed with which the insurance industry is changing, which could threaten “fast followers,” according to Strategy Meets Action.

Predictive modeling is recognized as a transformative ability, but one that must be tempered by maturity, patience and understanding, says the insurer’s chief enterprise business analytics scientist.

Mobile and cloud accelerate the evolution of ECM tools.

In the next three to four years, apps will no longer simply be confined to smartphones and tablets, but will impact a wider set of devices, from home appliances to cars and wearable devices, says Gartner research director.