Digital Platforms

Julie Stephenson has been appointed senior vice president and chief underwriting officer for CNA Commercial; she will report to Kevin Leidwinger, president and chief operating officer, CNA Commercial, and will be based in Chicago, CNA said.

By streamlining, automating and optimizing Tryg's underwriting support, policy administration, claims processing and customer care services, the insurer expects to become more customer centric, agile, digital and responsive.

Three-quarters of respondents to a Towers Watson survey of P&C claims leaders cited effective implementation of data and analytics as a challenge.

Insurance companies face increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity challenges. Here's what leaders at major companies are doing to solve them.

What we learn about securing data and communications from the Department of Defense.

Industry experts share insurers' strengths and what still can be improved on the cybersecurity front.

The joining of two more global technology firms creates another global technology services giant in the financial services space. But why so many? And what does this mean to us in insurance?

Tim Callahan, chief information security officer for Aflac, talks about the benefits of attending Deloitte’s one-day CISO Transition Lab.

The two companies have complementary technology for insurance, payments, risk management, asset solutions, and retail and corporate banking, FIS said.

PartnerConnect consulting partners now are able to deliver cloud-based applications that combine Guidewire products with their own content and services, as well as complementary third-party products in a hosted environment. Inaugural partners include Capgemini, EY and PwC.

Security vulnerabilities exist in a number of areas; data sent from a wearable device to a nearby smartphone, for example, may be exposed during transfer via Bluetooth or WiFi connections.

Texas Mutual Insurance Company, provider of workers’ comp insurance, has selected Guidewire’s DataHub and InfoCenter to support its enterprise-wide data management and business intelligence strategies, Guidewire said.

Security researchers demonstrated that they could hack Metromile's UBI dongle; insurance carrier issued patch in June.

Organizations must build digital resilience to protect their most valuable information assets, says McKinsey.

Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo LLC has acquired the provider of cloud-based straight-through processing technology for an undisclosed sum.

Many insurers find that legacy billing technology limits efficiency for internal operations, effectiveness of customer service, the speed to market for new or modified billing features, and can be an obstacle in delivering capability to agents and policyholders.

The NAIC’s recent and startlingly rapid moves towards a cyber regulatory doctrine are evidence of the importance and vulnerability of cyberspace.

In a draft document, regulators propose 12 rights for policyholders around cybersecurity.

Xpertdoc, a Microsoft Gold partner, will host the software on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.

Insurance companies are major consumers of IT outsourcing services, but there are hints that carrier CIOs are rethinking their outsourcing strategies.

New system will run life and disability income products in the Caribbean initially.

Adversaries are becoming more sophisticated not only in their approaches to launching attacks, but also in evading detection.

SMA research brief identifies must-haves for a successful core systems replacement project.

Smartwatches contain a range of security flaws, raising fresh concerns about wearable devices gathering and sharing big data and personal information across the Internet of Things (IoT), according to new research.

Updates aim to boost authentication while protecting the operating system and underlying PC from malware.

Deloitte has identified insurance technology strategies that explore the role of the CIO, race Moore’s Law and more.

Deloitte has identified insurance technology strategies that explore the role of the CIO, race Moore’s Law and more.

The insurer will implement the Accenture Life Insurance & Annuity Platform and Actuarial Calculation Engine.

The Chinese e-commerce company and eBaoTech have partnered on an administration platform for insurance companies.

SSP, provider of insurance technology in the UK, and Capgemini, a consulting, technology and outsourcing services company, have partnered to help insurers replace legacy systems and accelerate their digital ambitions, the companies said.

To improve the customer experience, the multiline insurer will use PolicyCenter and Rating Management to integrate disparate underwriting and policy admin systems.

Combining the operations of two insurance giants likely would require months of research, as well as an increase in headcount and IT expenditures, at least in the short term.

New offering includes Majesco Billing, which supports P&C and life and annuity lines of business.

A new Novarica report finds that data, digital channels and changing customer expectations are driving investments in claims processing across the insurance industry.