Insurance

Life Portraits offers a straight-through processing application of illustrations to e-application and automated underwriting.

Good program managers are hard to find. Here’s how organizations can attract and develop their own senior IT program-management talent.

Despite open enrollment for Affordable Care Act plans not starting until November 15, a new report estimates that nearly 7 million adults may be able to enroll through special enrollment periods.

ClaimCenter for claims management is expected to help automate San Cristóbal’s business processes.

Enterprise Management Associates' research director discusses big data research, trends and implications of big data, including use cases across industries and markets.

As more consumer and household goods are equipped with connected sensors, opportunities for risk mitigation and pricing are on the rise.

Today's technologically advanced homes are altering how insurers use real-time telemetric data for the assessment of risk and prevention of loss.

MEM also worked with Risk Control Technologies to integrate Guidewire PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter data into the loss prevention system.

Companies that endure data-security breaches pay a huge price, and that price is rising. As insurers such as Chubb, Ameritas Life, OneBeacon and Allianz Global Assistance conduct more business online, the tactics and strategies they employ to protect systems, data and users are evolving as well.

Just days before this issue, which contains our security cover story, went to press, we got some interesting news: 1.2 billion unique usernames and passwords and 542 million email addresses were reportedly stolen from 420,000 websites, according to The New York Times. The websites ranged from Fortune 500 companies down to small online retailers.

Bankers will implement the application across all lines of business it writes, including its TPA business.

Marketing and IT remain far apart on how much weight each puts on the need for collaboration and interaction, but the gap is closing fast, according to a report from Accenture.

As insurers take on more core system transformation, integration becomes a bigger area of concern.

Six questions that need to be asked before signing on with an outside service.

The exchange is available to Cigna U.S. clients and prospective clients starting September 1.

Real-time omni-channel interactions will help change the face of the industry.

Legal & General and Patriot National are among the winners of Novarica's annual awards honoring best practices in insurance industry IT initiatives and strategy.

While better reporting and actuarial analysis help to support financial decisions, improved analytics and decision making greatly assist the rest of the organization.

Marketplace Connector Cloud will integrate and transition HRIC’s comprehensive plan offerings for individuals and SHOP plans.

At CNA, a new CEO and a shift toward managed services drove changes in the insurer’s security posture, including dialogues with competitors and business partners, and subjecting the company to a cyber-insurance risk assessment.