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The residential property information and analytics provider expands its P&C footprint with the acquisition of three units from the Decision Insight Information Group.

Cloud applications and Web services help insurers improve their time to market. They can launch new products and services, and address competitive pressures proactively.

Product development and marketing are slated for the largest analytics investments, and most P&C insurers plan to increase spending.

It's no longer just about cutting costs. With the rise of big data, analytics, self-service and other new technologies, insurers increasingly are turning to outside help for experience and expertise.

Customers increasingly want the convenience of mobile-based payment options, and insurers are finding a host of benefits to offering it, including increased customer retention, lower costs and more consistent levels of service.

The insurance applications space is evolving as new players enter and specialized vendors grow through acquisitions.

Not just for fraud anymore, predictive analytics can extend into other areas of claims such as adjuster assignment, loss-adjustment expense and decision-support, but there are challenges to overcome first.

Mallika Madakasira, insights manager for Blue Shield of California, discusses customers' growing expectations for responsiveness.

Progressive has been licensing UBI intellectual property since December 2012.

Maximizing IT’s value requires realistic expectations and transparency, as well as planning and decision making that are aligned with business goals, according to PwC.

The specialty insurer can now use location parameters, policy type, limits and other attributes to deliver rich, contact-sensitive information to underwriters.

Talon designed to help the reinsurer target and price new markets.

Some call it nostalgia. Others call it stuck in a bygone era. No matter which, we all have to come to terms with the fact that the world has changed due to technology and we all need to evolve or be lost in history.

Agent and consumer portals, business intelligence and core systems revamps are top priorities, as personal lines insurers concentrate on growth, expense reduction and improving underwriting results, Novarica says.

InVEST scholarship winners represent 18 schools and hail from California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio and Virginia.

Berkshire to pay $285 million for variable annuities business, as The Hartford continues to divest in an attempt to focus on property/casualty operations.

Karlyn Carnahan, principal, Novarica, is given 60 seconds to identify the technologies that currently should be top of mind for workers’ comp insurers.

Where once underwriters called the tune, it is now the distributors who have leverage and are setting the ground rules.

MyFirstAm designed to provide users with access to title order status and the ability to place customer service requests.

Insurers are encountering two obstacles in employing more predictive analytics: a lack of both top-level support and appropriate skill sets.