Insurance

Modeling and experimentation are common across the industry, but nothing replaces the value of real-world events, says IBHS president and CEO Julie Rochman.

Insurers' investments in technologies to settle claims faster and with more accuracy are answering the bell of massive storms.

Florida property insurer has opened satellite office in Atlanta and is distributing VOIP devices to ensure uninterrupted service.

Women-founded insurance startups, like Kate Stillwell's Jumpstart, are rare, but the ones that do exist are demonstrating the value of their originators’ unique experiences.

Company CTO has successfully replaced four legacy systems without failure, bucking industry trends.

SVP and CIO of commercial lines and agency manages transformation projects across states, time zones and lines of business.

Retail veteran lent her expertise to the launch of TruStage, CUNA Mutual’s consumer retail brand, which she manages as senior vice president.

One of her first projects was to develop a Drivewise mobile application that the company could use to collect driving data, rather than depending on customers installing devices.

The company will expand its telematics program, Safety 360, with the move.

Brighthouse Financial CIO leaned on cloud to support life insurers' spinoff from MetLife.

The auto insurer believes that better driving information can help make consumers safer while opening up more interaction points for the carrier, according to chief underwriting officer Elaine Montgomery-Baisden.

But with a variety of software for reinsurance claims management increasingly available, that may be changing.

Attracting workers with these skills is becoming an imperative for carriers, which are trying to fill a number other tech-related jobs.

Captured images from planes are run through the insurer's analytics software to reimburse policyholders on flooded automobiles.

The insurer has deployed an army of adjusters and UAVs in the storm’s wake.

With more powerful tools on the way, new technologies are already improving hurricane risk and claims management.

With data warehouses and modern reporting tools, insurers are better equipped to understand the impact of the catastrophes.

Brokers warn low portions of Harvey’s costs will be covered by insurers because regular homeowners’ policies don’t include flood damage.

The units allow the insurer to quickly move into devastated areas and service policyholders.

Replacing obsolete tools with a modern solution reduces costs despite significant business growth and supplies heretofore-unavailable analytics to unlock business insights.