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After the busiest quarter for insurance dealmaking in at least 12 years, the magnitude of this latest takeover is going to drive even more “M&A fever” across the industry, according to analysts.

The combined company will have around $40 billion in annual revenues, which elevates it to a key global player and should allow for some economies of scale.

Between now and the effective date of the merger, there will be a lot of planning focused on efficiencies and platform rationalization, cloud, SaaS, data management/stores, analytics and more.

Ace will own 70 percent of the company after the transaction closes, and Greenberg will lead the combined insurer, the companies said Wednesday in a statement.

To boost efficiencies and innovation, global insurers are expected to increase IT spend to more than $100 billion in 2015, but how does this forecast translate for the insurance world?

The companies' complementary, rather than competitive, risk management practices can leverage technology to get a clearer picture of risk for insurance carrier clients.

Towers Watson hopes to jump-start distribution of its technology services, including private health insurance exchanges and analytics, in the merger with insurance broker Willis.

P&C carrier intends to modernize infrastructure and processes for its commercial business lines, simplify operations and enhance customer service.

As the FAA has simplified commercial drone licensing requirements, insurers have embraced the technology for claims, underwriting and customer service applications. INN's Senior Editor Chris McMahon reports.

Half of surveyed software developers don't feel they can work with the Internet of Things. Can insurers take the lead?

Experiment, but be careful of expensive, enterprise installations that are hard to extract later, and understand these types of projects can be more transient than other enterprise software.

Summer vacation is a great time to recharge your body -- and your mind. To achieve that latter goal, check out these 15 must-reads, which we culled from the Society for Information Management, plus faculty and administration members from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Here’s the lineup and a description of each tome.

Automatic Labs will use the latest round of funding to expand its developer platform and driver application offerings.

Paul Holden joins the third-party administrator after several stints at claims technology companies.

Discussions between the two companies have intensified during recent days, after it emerged over the weekend that rivals Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. had held merger talks.

XL Catlin's newest breach response partners include computer forensics services providers and law firms.

With the Supreme Court affirming that the Affordable Care Act’s current structure won’t change, health insurance IT pros can focus on other pressing areas.

A Novarica survey finds insurers excited about the potential for several big data pools to impact the underwriting process.

The court agrees with the Obama administration's argument that the law’s intent is to provide subsidies for everyone, not just those who purchased coverage through a state-based exchange.

The LifeTrack option offers personalized communications so that customers understand the amount they need to pay to keep pace with their insurance objective over time, the insurer said.