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Accenture survey of more than 400 insurance executives finds an industry focused on the power of digital for customer acquisition and retention.

Compromised credentials still cause almost a quarter of all data breaches, the Cloud Security Alliance finds.

It’s only a matter of time until insurance companies emerge as software companies as well.

Many IT decision makers find themselves spending more time maintaining current IT systems than searching for ways to modernize, study finds.

Cyber thieves like to try to gain access to sensitive data through third parties, placing greater emphasis on the part of insurers to vet vendor relationships.

Four programmers at Reactive, Inc. have created software that can decipher handwriting in Japanese.

U.S. agencies and regulators are trying to make the auto industry more aware of cyber threats and quicker in acting to plug security gaps.

To remain competitive, companies must meet ever-increasing data demands by building, running and managing modern cloud applications.

New data platform aims to improve the management of claim outcomes for self-insureds.

The insurer expects ISCS' software to improve communication between agents and underwriters.

Carriers aim to expedite the underwriting process with new admin systems that rate, price and organize unstructured data quickly.

Actuaries see the new crop of insurance data scientists encroaching on their jobs. Novarica offers tips for driving collaboration.

The P&C software provider will rename EagleEye's products Guidewire Predictive Analytics.

The software helps the insurer maintain a solid customer experience.

Insurance companies can learn what kinds of big data and analytics will pass scrutiny from the fight over price optimization, industry experts say.

The initiative is intended to make it easier for clinicians to assess individual patient information, and it offers the ability to analyze data for entire patient populations.

Cindy Forbes had been the company's chief actuary.

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.

The projected spike in spending is credited to a near $13.4 billion investment in cognitive applications, according to a study.

With three major automakers exploring driver state sensing systems, Celent's Donald Light thinks insurers can reap benefits.