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The consortium already has 20 members exploring distributed-ledger technology, says executive director Chris McDaniel.

Many organizations are harnessing only a fraction of the potential value of analytics and thus missing out on the chance to turn insights into a competitive advantage.

Coverage gaps will become common as less people are reached to buy insurance through traditional channels.

Sid Gandhi will lead the insurer's digital, IT and business technology teams to boost customer experience.

Major business intelligence providers are building tools designed to introduce more employees to data analytics, with a focus on three key areas: accessibility, collaboration and consumability.

The insurtech offers crowd-sourced insurance ratings for consumers looking to purchase homeowners, renters or car insurance policies.

The insurtech intends to offer more thorough, cheaper automobile coverage through its smartphone app.

But chief data officers find that with more respect comes greater responsibility.

Most existing insurers will not survive in their current form, say 44% of respondents to a PwC survey.

Tom Bolt is charged with helping the company improve pricing decisions using data and analytics.

Even though a majority of organizations have adopted or plan to adopt IoT technologies within the next year, many are still concerned about cybersecurity threats, says Peter Tsai.

The companies' complementary analytics backbones can provide a fuller view of customers.

When moving away from familiar systems and deploying something new, a failure to plan properly could be disastrous.

Rather than looking to innovate on products, startups in life insurance concentrate on distribution as a way to improve the sector, say Accenture panelists.

A merger between major health insurers is possible, but the CVS deal shows their value as data-rich targets as well.

Efforts to make AI more accessible also may alleviate the shortages of data and computer scientists.

P&C insurer will implement Guidewire components for policy, core, data and more with help from PwC.

American Family Insurance built a team from diverse backgrounds to develop digital initiatives.

It’s easy to see Amazon's threat as a major factor behind the megadeal, but the combined company has another rival to match up against as well.

The incubator launched in September by Startupbootcamp kicks off early next month in the traditional insurance capital.