Insurance

Shandon Fowler, director of marketplaces at Benefitfocus discusses his company, which has its own private exchanges and provides the technology behind the private exchange offerings of many of the major players, including Aetna and Mercer.

Key performance indicators tend to provide a one-dimensional view of project value. Try asking some “key performance questions” as well.

Multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract to create software testing center is the insurer’s latest step to enhance its technology.

A recent Novarica survey found that firms plan only modest increases in 2015, with policy-administration upgrades the biggest beneficiaries.

The P&C insurer will use BillingCenter to manage billing and payment processing across all lines of business in an effort to be more responsive to customers and agents.

An interview on big data challenges with Celent senior insurance analyst Mike Fitzgerald.

Fidelity, which has served Spokane and eastern Washington for generations, brings leadership and employee benefits offerings to Hub’s eastern Washington State region.

The slow pace of innovation leaves insurers vulnerable to disruption.

This emerging intelligent network of millions of interconnected objects is destined to change the nature of insurance.

In her newly created position, Nancy Maloy will spearhead a global refresh of the company’s supplemental products.

The new wave of digital technologies is sending a clear message to even the most recalcitrant insurers: Go digital or go home.

Overall losses from natural catastrophes were $110 billion, well below the inflation-adjusted average values of the past ten years, according to Munich Re, the German insurer.

The insurer has added pollution exposures to its U.S. casualty underwriting capabilities and announces new leadership for its environmental business.

New study shows data center growth will soon peak, and then decline. What will take their place?

Each year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) conducts a survey to identify the top policy and technology issues facing state government. The resulting list is particularly interesting, especially when compared/contrasted to corporate CIO priorities.While corporate CIOs are pushing hard into Big Data and other applications to improve the customer experience, State CIOs are balancing customer engagements with continued budget and government policy challenges.Here’s a closer look at the Top 10 State CIO Priorities for 2015. Source: NASCIO.

The migration will support the company’s move from general to specialty casualty and is intended to facilitate margin optimization and loss control.

The acquisition is part of Applied Systems’ ongoing strategy to invest in its IVANS Insurance Solutions business unit serving the P&C industry.

The acquisition is part of Applied Systems’ ongoing strategy to invest in its IVANS Insurance Solutions business unit serving the P&C industry.

Independent insurance agents are increasingly vulnerable to digital disruption, according to a new Accenture survey.

Berkshire is already among the largest reinsurers of asbestos and environmental policies.