Insurance

Insurer steps forward with mobile image capture technology for the iPhone designed to facilitate accurate, real-time auto insurance quotes and bind coverage.

While mobile technology is nothing new to insurers, survey results indicate few are taking advantage of the possibilities.

To fully leverage mobile technologies, insurers need to meld rapid action with ample amounts of long-term, strategic thinking.

Life insurers need to focus on technologies that better enable product development, distribution or deployment of newer technologies, such as social media and mobility applications.

Carrier charts 127-percent increase in use of mobile tools over the past year.

Patents obtained for advances in insurance underwriting management system and agent portal.

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America's Big “I” Professional Liability Program and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have launched a risk management website, E&O Happens.

New study names State Farm and USAA the top mobile presences based on user preference, capability and usability.

With all the tools and technologies at our disposal, isn’t it just good sense to hold clients’ contractually accountable for known risk management prevention efforts?

Customer satisfaction holds steady despite increase in amount of time needed to repair vehicles, J.D. Power study finds.

Nationwide SVP, CIO speaks to the strategies, challenges and successes behind the project that earned his company the Model Insurer of the Year victory.

Former Narragansett Bay and Progressive employee, Jose Trasancos also named senior personal lines officer.

Hundreds of sales, service and claims openings announced in Colorado Springs, Cleveland and Austin.

Google’s Glen Reardon deconstructs the traditional three-step marketing model to find that mobility is a growing, disruptive force that cannot be ignored.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans from Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma now available from eHealth Inc.

Arbitration Forums, Inc. processed nearly 520,000 claims disputes valued at more than $2.4 billion in 2011. More than 85 percent of inter-company arbitration disputes involve auto collisions.

P&C insurer looks to incorporate more technology into its business processes in response to increasing mobile demands.

Along with tackling projects that improve and innovate, insurers need to implement the technologies that enhance business models and make risk-averse execs uncomfortable.

Panel of technology executives discusses the merits of operational, strategic and disruptive tactics.

While creative disruption can be a factor in insurers’ quest for business growth, getting disruptive requires—careful—thought and planning.