Predictive analytics

Workers' compensation insurer for manufacturers and healthcare organizations, among others, wants to give clients better insight.

Use cases range from risk modeling to fraud detection, says study.

College students were tasked with building data visualization tools for underwriters to assess impacts of catastrophes.

Study suggests predictive analytics to combat the problem, helping carriers shed unwanted policies and validate client information.

Machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing are among the technologies that will help drive organizational success.

Most firms are more ready than they realize to implement the technology, and they fail to see the countless opportunities at hand.

Over the next 12 months, nearly 80 percent of organizations plan to increase their investments for data processing in the cloud, a new study reveals.

The rapidly evolving business intelligence and analytics market is being influenced by seven dynamic trends, according to Gartner Group.

Organizations will use ‘time series forecasting’ to predict, control and change future events and outcomes.

The startup believes it has a winning formula combining big data, smartphones, and machine learning with consumers’ need for instantaneous service.

Veteran of AIG and Verisk Analytics returns to the carrier side of the business.

Brad Gabel arrives at the Birmingham, Alabama-based life insurer by way of TIAA-CREF.

Julianna Muir takes over position as SVP, head of strategy and innovation, after working on analytics-driven commercial underwriting platform.

(Updated with response from industry groups) Bulletin from insurance commissioner classifies all pricing decisions under underwriting rules.

Arium will join Verisk’s AIR Worldwide business, helping insurers and reinsurers better manage risk across their portfolios.

Life and annuity carriers were especially discouraged by the quality of their data, says survey.

Nearly 4 in 10 data science tasks will be automated by 2020, Gartner predicts, making insight more accessible to people who aren't pure data scientists.

The acquisition continues the insurance technology company's aggressive M&A strategy.

Insurance execs are hungry for education on big data and analytics, according to Celent/The Institutes survey.

Respondents generally believe that big data will provide their company with a competitive advantage. But they cite several challenges to that goal.