Analytics

The life and health insurer expects increased productivity and greater flexibility to enable increased scalability and forecasting capabilities.

hCentive Inc., a post-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health care exchange technology company, has upgraded its platform for integrating private health plans with PPACA-mandated state health insurance exchanges: WebInsure Exchange Manager. The enhancements will assure health insurers of the performance, reliability and market needs of their plans within state exchanges, the company says.

Former California Blues CIO will oversee all of IT, including maintenance and development of software applications that support Esurance’s growing policyholder base, expanding state coverage and product offerings.

Data and cloud continue to pave the way to profitable initiatives such as telematics and customer management.

IT managers and data architects can take steps to make sure data applications get same level of testing as software.

As businesses in the Gulf Coast are finding out again, having a disaster recovery plan is critical to a business’ survival. According to the “Gulf Coast Back to Business Act (2007),” 43 percent of businesses that close after a natural disaster never reopen, and an additional 29 percent permanently close within two years. However, in the wake of the ongoing financial crisis, many disaster recovery plans are now out of date, says Victor Janulaitis, CEO of Janco Associates.

IT contractor hiring is on the rise; researchers say forecasting the hiring of experts is a “net positive."

“Frankenstein”—a proposed self-camouflaging malware propagation system—represents a challenge and an opportunity for insurance IT and risk management professionals.

SMA Partner Karen Furtado is given one minute to explain why configuration tools are important to insurers. SMA Partner Karen Furtado explains why configuration tools are important to insurers. Sponsored by ISCS.SMA Partner Karen Furtado explains why configuration tools are important to insurers. Sponsored by ISCS.   

Ahmed Yaknour will be responsible for the architecture of C&F’s infrastructure.