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After overseeing several individual aspects of the insurer's IT operations, Jared Ashland is now responsible for the entire department.

Social media and digitization have made it easy to get closer to customers; the question is how to use that knowledge and access without becoming invasive.

The first quarter of 2013 brought improved underwriting results, according to a new financial report from A.M. Best, which also lists the largest five P&C, personal insurers with their combined ratios.

As investments in data technology rise, so does the urgency to find talent to manage it, which has some in the industry pointing to chief data officers.

Insurers included on the Financial Stability Board's list of global systemically important insurers (G-SIIs) could see a modest improvement in their credit profiles due to the higher risk and capital management standards imposed on them, according to Fitch Ratings.

Management software designed to blend front- and back-office operations.

Among private auto insurers, GEICO and Liberty Mutual post double-digit increases; among homeowners insurers, direct incurred loss ratios shrink as premiums increase, according to SNL Financial report.

Insurer looks to ForgeRock’s architecture to provide the power, economics and agility required to establish secure access controls for mission-critical applications at scale across any population.

Starr Insurance Holdings Inc., a member of the Starr Cos., has selected PolicyWriter as its policy administration platform for its general casualty, energy, environmental and commercial auto lines of business. PolicyWriter is a product of Adaptik Corp.

American International Group Inc. and Allianz SE are among insurers deemed systemically important by global financial rule makers, meaning they may face tougher capital standards and tighter regulation.