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Seven Iowa insurers, including The Principal, Delta Dental, and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance, are investors in the project, which provides capital and mentoring to six technology startups focusing on providing insurance-specific services.

The Des Moines-based Global Insurance Accelerator has selected the first six startups to receive funding and mentoring from seven local insurance companies. Each has received $40,000 in seed money from the pool and has to create a minimum viable product for demonstration at the Global Insurance Symposium at the end of May.

Joe Dahlquist, who has been with the company since 2001, will serve as a bridge between IT and the business side.

Victims could includes millions of people who aren’t Anthem members, but used their Blue Cross or Blue Shield insurance in states, including Texas and Florida, where Anthem operates partnerships.

Financial strength, taking advantage of opportunistic ventures and market demand for products and channels ranked as the drivers of capital utilization decisions, according to Towers Watson.

Tim Mahoney, former CEO of the Americas division at Marsh, is now chief strategy officer for JLT's specialty operations.

The Allstate subsidiary, which offers a range of insurance products online, is beginning its Canadian push with auto insurance.

Is your budget for security larger than Google, Amazon or Microsoft?

Superfish uses image-recognition algorithms that watch where users point on their screens and suggest ads based on the images they’re looking at.

New responsibilities will be effective upon the completion of the Fireman’s Fund personal lines acquisition.

Along with Logiq3, MSG Global's acquisition of Tindal Associates brings it more than 100 life insurance customers.

Version 3.0.10 of the core systems suite offers prefills and shortcuts intended to save time, as well as document management functionality.

Jino Masone will oversee the sales, marketing, technology and enterprise solutions practices and lead organizational growth.

Often, the notion is that the internet will eliminate the need for insurance agents, just as the rise in online travel sites put travel agents out of business. But this analogy is not comparable.

Swiss Re and Allianz Life are giving their underwriting staff robust analytics tools that drive costs down and improve the customer experience.

Private insurers working in partnership with FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program have come under scrutiny over allegations they denied or rejected damage claims based on falsified reports.

Why are chief data officers (CDOs) in high demand – and how might their roles evolve within large enterprises worldwide? Some intriguing answers surfaced in “Dawn of the Chief Data Officer (CDO)” – a survey and research report from Experian. The survey involved 254 CIOs worldwide. Here are 10 key takeaways.

Anticipated benefits of the new core systems suite include greater automation and streamlined processing, faster time to market, improved data integrity and lower cost of ownership.

While mobile applications are seemingly everywhere, insurers – especially midsize and small ones – have been slow to adopt the technology. But some vendors now offer off-the-shelf products and services to push the technology and resulting savings to smaller insurers.

Matthew Eagle will be responsible for providing thought and resource leadership across the EMEA and AsiaPac regions and developing catastrophe modeling and analytics propositions.