Digital Platforms

Many of our photo galleries this year focused on the emerging digital technologies transforming the insurance industry.

The regional carrier moves its existing core system from ISCS to the cloud.

Not many teams win consistently with an inexperienced quarterback, and the same is true for insurance companies and project managers.

This is the third buy for Insurity in the past two years.

Employees are looking to advance IT skills and work for a company that makes the division more of a priority, study finds.

EY's insurance industry outlook finds insurers are getting ready to move into the digital world.

Half of all revenue is attributed to policy administration software in IBIS report.

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 goal is to improve the algorithms Uber uses to match drivers with passengers, and seek new techniques for building self-driving cars.

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

The insurer's latest investment is in Sureify, an admin platform for life insurance.

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

Carriers should expect some agent skepticism whenever they announce the intent to modernize or replace their core systems, and proactively take steps to improve the acceptance.

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

SMA explains how the technology can make insurers more efficient and secure.

The number of insurance agents in some of Asia’s most developed markets could halve over the next three years as digital picks up.

Despite flat IT budgets expected next year, companies dependent on digital innovation will find room to recruit and retain the best talent.

DARPA predictions include the possibility that devices or applications will be capable of being launched by human thoughts.

The number of investments involving insurtech companies is expected to exceed 75 this year, up from 61 in 2015 and just one in 2012, according to venture-capital researcher CB Insights.

Novarica polled insurers on their top 3 priorities for IT spend in 2017, aggregating the responses.

The U.S. is projected to generate the largest percentage of services spending throughout the forecast period.

A significant portion of overall spending is on unmanaged or self-managed infrastructure, study finds.

Chief digital officer Darryl Siry has overseen a shift to Amazon Web Services.

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

Artificial intelligence technologies encompass more than just robo-advisors.

It's the third such incident in the past three years for the health insurer.

The insurer first rolled out ISCS SurePower Innovation in 2014 in its home state of Texas.

Softheon's product suite arms the Texas health insurer with improved enrollment and payment reconciliation capabilities.

The Munich Re subsidiary agrees to terms with IT services provider L&T Infotech.

The insurer is revamping its entire IT environment.

The Hawaiian insurer aims to standardize policy administration, billing and claims using Guidewire's cloud-based platform.

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

The goal is to deliver more real-time policy information to customers.

EngageOne Video from Pitney Bowes streams safety videos to users mobile phones, computers and tablets.

Trump’s positions on H-1B visas, cybersecurity and information technology policies.

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High-profile data breaches at insurance companies, healthcare providers, major retailers, government agencies – and his vanquished opponent’s own aides -- illustrate a need for action.

The TAP application allows commercial insureds to activate response teams.

What the candidates said about insurance over the course of the campaign.

Underwriting is at the core of the insurance business. Its evolution to incorporate other critical functions means that underwriters in the future will be well positioned to contribute greater business value to their companies.

However, most companies have yet to fully take advantage of newer digital technologies, study finds.

Taking pride in operational excellence speaks volumes to the technology challenges many insurers face as they evaluate aging systems that can’t perform to the customers’ expectations.

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

Growth in spending is driven by increased investments in software and IT services, the researcher finds.

Organizations, on average, face more than a hundred focused and targeted breach attempts every year, study finds.

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

CalcFocus’ illustration engine will be fully integrated into Sapiens’ core suite.

Women insurance leaders gathered in Chicago for 10th annual fall meeting honoring winners and facilitating discussion on insurance leadership, technology, and more.

The St. Louis-based company aims to increase efficiencies around its cargo loss reporting within its businesses.

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

Many carriers are either undergoing or have completed core replacement projects, while at the same time facing a talent crunch.

While the core Watson technology isn’t trained using customers’ proprietary data, it has received large chunks of information in various industries, from health care to weather to financial services.