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In what has become a buyer’s market, underwriters must get creative to maintain their profitability.

Insurance carriers are dependent on the cloud solutions available to them and even those vendors with other priorities recognize the importance of cloud as a key initiative for the future, according to Celent.

The company in recent months has announced several big cloud computing and analytics wins while also shifting the leadership of global services.

The implementation of the PolicyCenter and BillingCenter platforms is part of a transformation initiative designed to help strengthen the company’s insurance products and customer service capabilities.

IT spending globally is likely to increase modestly in 2015, according to industry researcher Gartner. But that spending will be uneven and less robust than originally expected. Here's a look at the key trends and what they might mean for the insurance industry.

New research from LIMRA, which will be presented at its upcoming conference in Orlando, indicates these external disruptions could alter their distribution models within the next five years.

Developing a usage-based insurance program has now gotten easier.

As enterprise customers weigh cloud vs. on-premises infrastructure and applications, CIOs could find vendors offering aggressive price discounts to win or retain business.

The HealthEdge platform is expected to deliver flexible product and benefit designs and real-time claims processing.

Numerous companies are finding innovative ways to use IoT devices.

Interim agency head has operations background in health services.

Marketing executives continue their march into the insurance data center.

A new study from BPO and IT services company Genpact finds that insurance executives are most concerned with keeping customers happy, growth and stability and cutting costs, and believe that IT can help address these challenges.

The z13 system can encrypt and analyze data in real time and process 30,000 transactions a second, the company said.

We live in a brave new world now with digital devices and equipment surrounding us in a sea of capabilities that (generally) improve the quality of our experiences.

Dan Daniel will serve as Crawford’s VP of catastrophe services, focusing on strategic growth and service delivery.

A new report from Celent indicates insurance CIOs are increasing spending on analytics, core systems upgrades and process optimization to help grow and retain business.

The insurer is consolidating multiple policy admin systems and seeks to enhance customer service and underwriting capabilities.

The consulting company acquired the P&C insurance actuarial service to boost its counsel and enhance its advisory services.

Celent surveyed 41 vendors about their cloud applications, pricing models, platform investments and their expectations of where the market is going.