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In the face of the NTSB's recommended ban, auto manufacturers are gung-ho about adding more connectivity in the car.

Off-the-shelf consumer devices present conveniences for IT staffs and employees alike, but the list of potential risks they present warrants concern.

Insurers are skeptical about the cloud, but new developments could lend hope to a secure future.

The industry's struggle to assess and implement the right technologies at the right time.

As IT budgets begin to recover, storage and file recovery are hot items.

New survey shows savings from cloud computing are barely making a dent in corporate IT budgets. Is it time to rethink the approach?

After its first public event, the magnitude of the task facing the Federal Insurance Office becomes apparent.

Keeping property repair rates down requires not only proper initial assessment, but occasional re-evaluations from an underwriting perspective as well.

Potentially simpler interconnectivity and cheaper information dissemination processes could make insurers, and insureds' wallets, very happy.

New survey puts insurance companies at the bottom of the list in terms of consumer-friendliness on the Web.

Risks continue to outweigh the benefits when it comes to implementing technologies of convenience behind the wheel.

Fledgling social network offers unique potential if search engine personalization comes to fruition.

Many companies still operate in the dark while unknown numbers of customers are turned away by websites suffering slow or tedious processes.

Despite pressure to upgrade and leave legacy systems behind, COBOL has remained not only relevant, but common among IT systems within the industry.

10 years after the original call for agile business philosophies, where are insurers prevailing and what do they have yet to learn?

Competition and customer expectations leave little room for error when it comes to website performance, and that pressure only increases with customers using mobile platforms.

With a bearish market persisting, IT is expected to deliver miracles without the luxury of economic hardship as an excuse.

Life insurers need to craft mitigation strategies for a prolonged low-rate environment.

Properly going through the steps leading up to an IT project, means that by the time actual work begins, the battle should be more than half over.

Where do you draw the line between distributed servers and mainframes? Is there even a line anymore?

Recent suit filed in Sacramento should serve as a reminder that when it comes securing data, there is no room for error.

The conveniences of small size outweigh certain impracticalities as tablets and smartphones enamor insurance executives and agents.

Some say social media can serve as a comfortable setting for learning and receiving encouragement from others suffering similar circumstances, but how can patients verify the information's integrity?

Here's a lesson on how to assess IT performance by connecting it with business results...

Outsourcing is still a multi-billion dollar industry, but the future is getting cloudy as the market braces for a transitional phase.

As technology evolves, it may be that smartphone-toting field personnel are capable of doing their job anytime, anywhere.

Business necessity – or perceived lack thereof – holds back many modernization efforts.

Unabashed consumer desire and expectations are spurring the implementation of voice recognition into automobiles, yet questions regarding the technology's effectiveness and driver safety abound.

Regardless of whether the IT industry's glass ceiling has been broken, entrepreneurs make for an industry of unprecedented opportunity for women.

Growth of spending on risk management tools projected to outpace the growth of overall IT spending, making it the hottest corner of the IT market.

Insurers waiting for an end to the soft market will be waiting awhile.

Insurance executives downplay their service delivery and mobile capabilities so far, which is promising.

As future leaders are identified, groomed and mentored, it is important to know the traits that must be innate and those that can be developed.

Insurers believe creative disruption has value, and they want their share.

Three lessons to learn from the ongoing global economic crisis.

Carriers need to strike a balance between standardization and customization when writing policies and paying claims.

A new survey says drivers want more connectivity behind the wheel and that they think automated driving is not far off, but is that what we really want?

As the industry becomes increasingly digitized, marketing and IT must inevitably learn to utilize the integral skill sets they can offer each other.

Cloud technology may solve storage problems, but only while creating security challenges.

Using Wayne Gretzky as a model for effectively processing Big Data.

Monitoring the data made available via social media networks goes beyond internal oversight.

The FIO Director's testimony hints at the sustained power of state insurance regulators and the influence of the FIO report due in January.

How one financial services outsourcer reduced the pains of taking on new customers.

Reducing expenses remains a key priority for insurers, but how much reduction is too much reduction?

Five things IT executives should do to enhance the profitability of their departments.

What procurement and vendor management functions should be doing for you, and a can't-miss guide on how to use them more effectively.

Delivering standards across changing technologies and platforms is a fast-moving target. What can we do to shore up our efforts?

The glut of new interactive technologies for cars being tested presents several layers of challenges to those who must evaluate automotive risks.

As the insurance industry is perceived as increasingly untrustworthy, the candor of social media provides a bridge for the current communication gap between policyholders and agents.

Everyone wants and needs to 'compete on analytics,' but who will assure the right data is being used?

A new report says Smartphones can be used to record keyboard input, increasing the risk posed by such devices to the enterprise.

If there was ever a time to work extra at improving the industry's image, an unfortunate, natural disaster-prone 2011 may be it.