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With the European Commission’s approval, closure of the $26 billion acquisition is expected soon.

Companies are lured in, spending oodles of money on functions and features they don’t really use to their full advantage early on in the transformation process.

The IoT demands an extensive range of new technologies and skills that many organizations have yet to master, Gartner says.

The new technology was unveiled at Amazon's re:Invent conference, which drew 32,000 peoplefrom financial services, healthcare and other industries.

Investments in cloud computing will continue aggressively in 2017, but many organizations will opt for multi-cloud environments in their data centers.

The study found that the typical chief data officer has been in their role for an average of 2.4 years, while the chief analytics officer tenure is 2.6 years.

Blockchain is likely to play a major role in the reshaping of insurance, but many carriers are still in learning mode.

Truly infusing an insurance organization with data-driven decision-making cannot start with hiring external employees and building stand-alone departments. It must start with frontline employees.

QBE has suggestions for insurers to help investigate fraud cases using social media.

The insurance software gains refined focus on UK, reinsurance markets with buys.

The role of the chief data officer is rising in both numbers and clout. Gartner Group’s new study on “The State of the Office of the CDO” examines what this means for both the organization and the individual.

Within companies transitioning to analytics-driven organizations, there are significant opportunities for frontline insurance professionals who can develop their data analytics knowledge and bring data-driven decision-making to their work and effectively collaborate with data scientists.

As data is captured from diverse sources and in structured, unstructured and semi-structured formats, organizations are focusing on sophisticated BI technologies that can enhance data collection

Respondents to survey expect the continued rise of big data to cause the most disruption to the reinsurance industry over the next five years.

Admiral's quick reworking of attempt to leverage Facebook data reveals how far the industry still has to go to earn trust.

A majority of business leaders lack confidence in their ability to measure the effectiveness and impact of data, study finds.

SMA research finds that as the number of insurtech companies rises, carriers themselves become less sure that they know what's on the horizon.

Eleven major health insurers share non-Medicare data with officials to demonstrate the effectiveness of telemedicine.

Finding and retaining IT talent starts at a very young age, according to these industry execs.

Analytics on its own isn't a strategy, says P&C insurer VP -- it's a way to put other strategies in motion.