Digital Platforms

Amazon’s new service will let businesses run different frameworks on its computers, including those created by rivals.

After joining the P&C insurer in July, John Halberstadt will now head CIG's IT operations.

In the age of Fintech startups, it no longer makes sense to be a “fast follower”: Novarica.

The insurance giant will expand its use of Workiva's cloud platform to improve its financial reporting capabilities.

Majesco's platform for P&C will support the insurer's commercial package lines of business.

The new service allows customers to report claims online for several lines of business.

CIOs can implement these FCC guidelines to secure their businesses.

IT leaders revealed that daily tasks required of their staff are taking so much time that opportunities to innovate and transform are being missed.

Legacy systems are no longer able to support the flexibility and time to market necessary to compete in today’s market, and insurers are taking action.

The software provider will manage Meadowbrook's payment processing and allow insureds access easy to policy information.

Almost half of U.S. consumers are prepared to share biometric data with health insurers to receive discounts on premiums, according to a new survey.

The upshot is teams can use SAP tools to complete a range of common tasks -- book travel, automatically extract receipts from e-mails, recruit job candidates -- without leaving familiar Microsoft environments.

The insurer adopts ISI's Enterprise platform as part of its core systems transformation.

How can an insurer increase in agility, speed to market and flexibility while keeping the support and maintenance costs manageable?

IT leaders have become more central in the boardroom, but find it challenging to find time to innovate.

Researchers examined the security of a large swath of technology domains being developed in industry and maturing over the next five years.

EY will serve as the implementation partner for the core systems revamp.

Insurers have taken to drone technology quickly, but need regulators to catch up so deployment can accelerate.

Insurance is joining the digital revolution in a big way. But the costs of insurance back-office operations need to come down to open up the gates of innovation.

The move follows FBM Idaho’s deployment of Guidewire ClaimCenter in 2010.

As part of ongoing modernization efforts, the insurer will convert all its existing policies to digital.

The tech delivers personalized online videos to workers, summarizing key claims information.

Insurers have taken to drone technology quickly, but need regulators to catch up so deployment can accelerate.

The insurer is now in the early phases of implementing a service-oriented architecture for underwriting.

Report also reveals that organizations are altering security practices and policies due to greater reliance on cloud computing and mobile technology.

Majesco will support the Puerto Rican startup insurer's commercial auto and commercial package lines of business.

New technology puts the onus on insurers to create platforms that can ingest new business models, says Farmers Insurance head of product innovation Mariel Devesa.

The acquisition of Vertafore comes soon after it itself purchased Canada-based Keal Technology.

Security needs to be part of all application and data activities up and down enterprises.

The European insurer is adding several crucial capabilities through partnerships, says COO.

Chosen startups will receive funding, weekly mentor sessions with industry leaders, and opportunities for pilot projects.

The German auto insurer will use data collected from IMS' DriveSync5 to reward drivers with discounts on premiums.

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

Only one-third of organizations are actively preparing for the negative impact IoT could have on their business, study finds.

Charles Brooks takes over the technology organization for the P&C insurer.

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

Novarica says more insurers are accelerating their adoption of cloud- and SaaS-based core systems, and offers tips to ensure a successful implementation.

Systema Software's tech is now managing the insurer's worker's compensation claims processes.

With a quarter of cyber attacks expected to germinate from IoT integrations, Gartner predicts big spending on cloud-based security services.

Right now, most of the M&A activity in this space is taking place among the vertical insurance software providers themselves.

Every insurer is a potential target of a cyber-attack, and most security studies warn that the majority are overly confident in their defenses. Knowing how safe and secure your organization really is may depend on how you answer these critical questions.

Intelledox's adaptive engagement platform will improve customer experience and eliminate the insurer's manual processes.

The specialty insurer will also receive Guidewire’s policy admin and rating systems, as part of the agreement.

Ajay Waghray ran tech strategy for the mobile carrier before coming to the insurance industry.

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

The AmFam subsidiary extends its relationship with the software provider and will use its cloud services for its commercial lines of business.

Over the past five years, we have seen a pattern emerging where private equity (PE) and venture capital firms have begun to eye the insurance industry – and core systems in particular.

The Object Management Group and OPC Foundation announce a strategy for market and technical interoperability.

The management consultancy retains 40% of the insurance software vendor while working cooperatively with new joint owners Apax Partners

The P&C insurer expands its relationship with the software provider, following deployment of ClaimCenter in September.

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.

How insurers can ensure that sensitive data accessed by third parties is well protected.