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A slew of new products and data sources emphasize the speed with which the insurance industry is changing, which could threaten “fast followers,” according to Strategy Meets Action.

Portal available to risk managers who support specialty and large general contractors.

Strategy Meets Action Founder Deb Smallwood discusses the current landscape of collaboration, opportunities and challenges that come with it and action items for insurers.Throughout January, Smallwood details each of SMAs five next-generation technologies — analytics and big data, mobile technologies, collaboration technologies, cloud computing and telematics.To find out how the research and consulting firm came to these five, click here. No. 1: Analytics and Big DataNo. 2: Mobile TechnologiesCheck back next week for next-gen technology No. 4: Cloud Computing.

Carriers and agents have made significant progress in improving the sales process, but there’s still a long way to go.

Bolt Platform is expected to enable 8,000 Citizens agents to provide multiple private market quotes.

Insurer uses text messaging, a new app featuring social capabilities and good-natured competition to attract new customers.

WellPoint added 500,000 new members since Obamacare enrollment began and while they are older and sicker than current members, CEO isn’t worried about the risk pool.

Fewer people are shopping for auto insurance, declining 4 percent in the 12 months ended June 2013, compared to all of 2012, according to TransUnion’s "Auto Insurance Shopping Index."

Ninety-five percent of payers say publicly funded HIEs are struggling with flawed business models and are not providing meaningful connectivity.

Customer service rises in importance as a business driver and cost containment declines, according to Strategy Meets Action.