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The company will implement the One, Inc. policy and agent administration platforms in a cloud model.

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

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.

In addition, more than a quarter of hacks affect e-mail.

The industry and its regulators still find themselves learning about the hackers aggressively hunting customer’s PII data, financial records and medical histories.

Insurers are moving more applications than ever to cloud models, which are getting safer every day -- but there are still risks. Cloud Security Alliance offers tips to mitigate that.

At a Celent roundtable, inurance tech leaders discussed innovation, core systems in the cloud, agent and customer experience, digital strategy, and a changing workforce.

The Tokyo-based company provides software and systems for functions including electronic medical records, billing, and insurance claims.

The insurer deploys Guidewire's systems for core processing, analytics and digital engagement products.

The move supports Zurich's new business in the country and is part of the insurer's expansion plan in Latin America.

Breaches caused by either hacking or malware went up across the board in 2015 compared to the previous year, new study finds.

Kate Miller talks cybersecurity, big data and emerging trends in the industry.

Managed devices experienced the most security incidents, despite increased investment in managed security technologies.

The life insurer is utilizing iPipeline's iGO Drop Ticket software to make issuing policies a faster process for agents.

The Virginia-based insurance software provider teams with 360Globalnet to meet insurers' IT needs.

U.S. Transportation Department regulators and the insurance industry have been in talks since last year on voluntary commitments that would cover most new models.

IT researcher Spiceworks finds organizations are ponying up on new cloud services for web and email hosting and file-sharing.

The underwriter implements Instec at the recommendation of partner Axis Insurance.

Connected car services are a big reason for the increase in spending among companies, a new SNS Research study says.

Xcel Energy's Douglas DeGrote takes over information security duties at the life insurer.

Hallmark will interface multiple data sources with StoneRiver's software in efforts to automate reinsurance administration.

Iconica Business Services Limited completes the implementation of Sapiens' IDIT Insurance suite, modernizing its legacy system.

As technology helps organizations cope with cyber breaches, it is also creating new areas of vulnerability for companies, finds a new study by the ISACA and RSA Conference.

The commercial and life insurer aims to increase connectivity and automated data exchange with its agency partners.

The U.S. life insurer completes the implementation of Cognizant’s BIGFrame platform.

While enterprises are hungry for talent to bring them into the analytics age, skills shortages have been holding them back. Can automation help alleviate the need?

The company has interactive, personalized videos that explain coverage options to customers with help from Pitney Bowes.

Sapiens will also provide the UK insurer with its agent/client portal and content management technology as part of the agreement.

Valen’s Predict and Manage applications assess individual policy risk, automate pricing decisions and provide indicators of overall performance.

It's never too early to examine the bright future for the Internet of Things. Gartner has identified 10 key areas to watch in the sector over the next few years.

New technologies are upending long-standing business models and rewriting the rules of customer engagement, Deloitte Consulting says.

With the move, the P&C insurer aims to improve its overall billing and customer experience.

Sapiens Reinsurance will run much of the insurer's core functions.

Guidewire's BillingCenter is set to replace three of the insurer's legacy billing systems.

New research shows insurers still covet technology pros, but are also finding them too difficult to hire.

The deal marks the second purchase for the insurance software provider in the past 12 months.

HPE's 2016 cybersecurity report details the emerging threats to organizations learned last year.

The IDC's latest study predicts a major slow down in IT investments thanks to economic weakness in emerging markets.

P&S Market Research report finds insurers are expected to invest more heavily than other industries in telematics through 2022.

OneShield's market module for third-party administrators is set to enhance the insurer's file sharing capabilities.

With the move, the California-based insurer aims to improve workflow for its growing portfolio of brokerages.

The selection expands Unum’s relationship with the software provider, which began in 2014.

The tech and consulting corporation continues to build its repository of health data with its fourth acquisition in the past 12 months.

A greater emphasis on data security at third-party providers has assuaged mid-size P&C insurers' concerns about outsourcing, analyst firm finds.

Travelers cyber lead explains benefits of having a person within the enterprise for CIOs and CISOs to fall back on in case of cyber breach.

Daniel Franzetti, a 20-year industry veteran, joins the reinsurer from Zurich Australia Insurance Limited

Enrollment for the advanced degree program is underway, with classes beginning in the fall 2016 semester.

Seventeen percent of enterprises now have more than 1,000 virtual machines in a public cloud, up from 13% in 2014, according to research.

The global insurer extends its current deal with McCamish Systems LLC in a deal now set to expire in 2025.

The Canadian organization is also set to receive customer communications services from Guidewire and IT provider Thunderhead.

The two companies inked a new new six-year deal, continuing their IT relationship.

Insurers making core systems decisions can look to the motivations and innovations in automaking over the past century for their next big idea, industry expert says.