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Insurer intends to improve internal and external users’ experience with a cloud based implementation, Sapiens said.

Less than 1 percent of the losses are covered by insurance, according to Kinetic’s initial data from the main quake. The estimates exclude costs for immediate needs such as food.

Top 25 insurers ranked; J.D. Power study finds more people are shopping rates, but fewer are switching carriers.

The Internet of Things has it’s teething problems.

Workers comp insurer intends to automate processes and enhance its capabilities for agent and customer service.

New platform, scheduled for fall release, is intended to reveal abnormal network behavior and help thwart attacks, company says.

While many aging, generally mainframe-based systems, remain capable of supporting basic policy processing and accounting functions, the costs associated with enhancing them are becoming increasingly problematic.

There are those who believe that favoring one channel or mode over another will lead to even more silos and dysfunction than we already have in many organizations.

Industry groups sought legal protections that would encourage information sharing to help prevent increasingly damaging cyber-attacks.

The Munich Re unit has made an investment in Waygum, Inc., a technology startup that is building a mobile app platform for the Industrial Internet of Things.

The Automated Mobile Hail Estimating device uses high-definition cameras to accurately estimate hail damage.

Google’s search engine will now will favor mobile friendly content over traditional website content; within the insurance industry, the greatest initial impact is likely to be felt by insurance distributors.

The agreement combines IBM's knowledge of IT security with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' underwriting experience, the companies said.

Property-and-casualty policy sales fell 2.9 percent in the first quarter, Zurich-based Ace said, driven partly by currency fluctuations and declines in the agriculture business.

Four of five insurers say their underwriting staff are hesitant to adopt predictive analytics because they fear the technology will replace them, according to a Valen Analytics survey.

New research from Novarica highlights areas of concern and offers insights on insurers spending and budgeting decisions.

Get a first-hand look at the key managers and innovative initiatives that have emerged from Progressive's enterprise Innovation Garage in this exclusive slideshow.

Drones are one of the latest tools in precision agriculture, in which data is collected by satellites and sensors and analyzed to maximize farm yields.

The computer security industry is eating humble pie at this week's RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. Amid continued cybersecurity break-ins and a growing threat landscape, here are five key IT security and data protection trends emerging at the conference.

Rahul Merchant's career spans public- and private-sector work in financial services IT.