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

Not all analytics systems are a great fit for cloud computing, though there are a handful of promising deployments surrounding big data, customization and innovative applications, according to a new report from MWD Advisors.

Online auto quote tools are becoming increasingly robust, a new report evaluating offerings from Allstate, GEICO and The Hartford, finds.

IT professionals reporting major data breaches outline the ways executives become more engaged and supportive of data security efforts in the aftermath.

Amid the ingoing stream of dire economic news it is easy to forget the threat that terrorism poses to the U.S. economy and by extension, the insurance industry.

Milliman Launches Risk Institute

Nationwide Earns Model Insurer of the Year Honors

Closing the day at $17.12 a share, property/casualty vendor’s CEO Marcus Ryu tells INN what’s next.

Widespread droughts, flooding along the Mississippi River and deep freezes across the South combined to catalyze a record year for crop insurance claims.

Guidewire Software Inc. today announced it plans to raise $115 million in its initial public offering of 8.85 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $13.00 per share.

U.S. Households Investigating But Not Buying Life Insurance?

J.D. Power and Associates recognizes property/casualty insurer for its call center’s customer service operations.

The use of GPS technology by SIU teams may be moot when looking at how proactive improvements in the claims arena may make a bigger difference.

Systema Life Insurance Company has recently taken MphasiS-Wyde’s Wynsure live, letting it handle all aspects of policy administration and billing.

New Director of Regional Underwriting Operations Andrew McCray has also been appointed as VP of the company.

Policy Studies Inc. (PSI) has a new business process outsourcing (BPO) service to help address the requirements—and deadlines—for implementing health insurance exchanges and marketplaces, the company reports.

The soft market has persisted for so long it would be easy to see firming rates as a cure all for the industry’s economic woes. But, new report from KBW expects loss cost trends to negate any growth in premiums.

The aspirations of social media networks to glean larger profits from global user bases could intersect with insurers quest for expanded, universal outreach.

AIG Forms New Group Benefits Organization

U.S. employees’ confidence in their ability to retire comfortably continued to rebound from post-recession lows last year, notes a new report issued by Towers Watson. But among the Generation X set, concerns still linger.