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The company’s new Prime initiative releases unbound web quotes to independent agents.

The board of directors has appointed Harsha V. Agadi, a board member, as interim CEO and will begin a search for a permanent CEO.

By streamlining, automating and optimizing Tryg's underwriting support, policy administration, claims processing and customer care services, the insurer expects to become more customer centric, agile, digital and responsive.

Members of the IAT Insurance Group have implemented the electronic signatures application in an effort to improve internal processes, ease of doing business for independent agents, and delivering a better customer experience.

Here’s a look at Gartner’s top 10 mobile technologies and capabilities that organizations must master as 2015 wraps up or as 2016 unfolds, according to Nick Jones, vice president and distinguished analyst.

Accenture describes the DISC as an innovation hub that showcases applications, Internet of Things devices, and enables clients to test digital insurance products through proof-of-concept pilots to validate offerings.

While I've tried to articulate how some organizations get big data "right," it's frequently more compelling to explain how others seem to be getting it terribly "wrong."

While capital remains the primary tool that IAIS plans to use to ensure global insurer solvency, the IAIS demonstrated an apparent new openness to listening to those who had decried its rush to new standards, and its unwillingness to consider the equivalency of current local regimes.

How do industry experts view the development of the Internet of Things, and what would they change?

GameChanger Suite now includes features and functionality for agency administration and maintenance intended to simplify tasks such as license management, creating flexible commissioning structures, and conducting agency bank account sweep for commission payments and clawbacks.

Three-quarters of respondents to a Towers Watson survey of P&C claims leaders cited effective implementation of data and analytics as a challenge.

As insurance companies increasingly digitize their operations, reach out to customers via apps and online services, and employ big data analytics for everything from telematics to fraud prevention, any hiccups in software delivery may mean delays and losses.

Insurance companies face increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity challenges. Here's what leaders at major companies are doing to solve them.

Before you get deep into the specifics of master data management (MDM), it’s important to have an overarching approach to data governance. These eight data governance design principles were shared by Angie Pribor of First San Francisco Partners during the MDM & Data Governance Summit in San Francisco last week.

Robin Heller has been selected as chief technology and operating officer of the IMA Financial Group Inc., an independent insurance broker. Heller will oversee strategic technology development, IMA said.

The idea that someone could tarnish a brand name by cyber- squatting on, say, Vodafone.sucks, ManchesterUnited.sucks or LloydsBank.sucks led to a flurry of registrations by the companies themselves. To take control of their trademarks on this domain, firms had to cough up around $2,500 per year.

What we learn about securing data and communications from the Department of Defense.

Success in the future will depend on the capabilities we put in place to present an accurate map of what information resides where, and describes the actual quality level of that information.

Industry experts share insurers' strengths and what still can be improved on the cybersecurity front.

Curt Kibler will oversee the e-Business department, including development, systems operations, business intelligence and reporting, carrier profitability, project management and quality assurance. Dan Bryce, who has been CIO since 2000, will be retiring later this year.