Pat Speer

Carriers are faced with more options than ever when it comes to housing and transmitting data, but a majority are switching to cloud.

Technology columnist David Pogue introduced insurers to a wealth of new technologies and their potential to change the world of risk management at IASA 2016.

Keeping the best employees engaged for decades is the goal of forward-thinking carriers.

The Internet of Things might be in danger of stalling out if insurers weren't promoting connected devices.

Insurance companies need to identify the next generation of female leaders.

Insurers might rethink their digital strategy based on desired outcome, because like it or not, a growing number of customers are leading the charge for digital alternatives.

Why the health insurer's COO had to resign, and what insurers across business lines can learn.

Those insurers that embrace the risk management issues inherent in modernizing core systems know that updated technology is essential to their ability to compete effectively.

insurers continue to process and evaluate new technologies designed to help mitigate risk, and there is an all-out effort to drill the “safe driving” theme home.

Technology allows insurance coverage to be turned on and off at the touch of a button. Here's a look at how that could change the industry.

Digitally native companies' adept use of data and analytics for customer interaction isn't going unnoticed by large insurers, who are working to better leverage data, industry experts say.

Insurers with mobile apps that can drive utility to capitalize on their customers’ micro-moments will have the edge.

Insurers that recognize how an enterprisewide digital vision can provide core customer service value will have the advantage over competitors from inside and outside the industry.

The latest cyber-attack highlights the importance of helping policy holders defend themselves.

High premiums and deductibles plus confusion over earthquake policy limits curtails adoption.

Managers can benefit from applying this theory both to their career aspirations as well as to interactions and expectations of staff.

Assigning yourself the “chief encouragement officer” title and breaking out of ineffective interpersonal communication patterns may be just the first step required to lead today’s diverse insurance IT workforce.

Insurance business and technology experts agree that a successful C-level vision is not just about keeping up with technology; it’s about more focus on the customer and less on caution-drenched decision making.

Against the ebb and flow of a society becoming fully dependent on technology for their physical and social needs, insurers are driven to keep up.

Insurers at the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s Women in Insurance meeting describe a unique defining moment that lead them to realize and act on their professional passion.