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Survey finds chief investment officers more optimistic and aggressive; interest rates supersede the European debt crisis as their primary macroeconomic concern.

The average year-over-year increase in insurers’ 2013 IT budgets was 6.3 percent; policy admin, underwriting and two other areas consume just over half of total new project resources, according to a recent survey of 24 CIOs.

Sam Stuckal, a research director for CEB TowerGroup's insurance division, outlines 10 technology initiatives that enable insurers to transform IT operations from a cost-center into a business advantage.

CyberOne designed to protect small commercial businesses from cyber-attacks.

The proportion of life insurers now offering e-signatures in their dealings with customers or agents has increased to 74 percent from 47 percent over the past five years, according to “Have E-Signatures Finally Arrived? An Update for Life Insurers,” from Celent, a research and advisory firm.

Industry sees improvement in pre- and after-tax income, underwriting results and combined ratio in 2012, but the improvements pale in comparison with long-term norms.

Recent studies are showing that consumers still prefer an agent's touch; here's a laundry list of things agents can do to keep those consumers happy.

Of those currently using smartphones to make payments, 60 percent said they would increase their usage if they could track receipts, manage personal finances (56 percent), or show proof of insurance (56 percent) or a valid driver’s license (54 percent).

Survey reveals an awareness of the gap in coverage among U.S. homeowners, even as annual flood-damage costs continue to soar.

Growing staffs and catastrophe claims are not the main reasons costs are rising. Instead, severity is canceling out the efficiencies technology is creating, according to an analyst at this week's CEB TowerGroup Financial Services Technology Conference.