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Strategy Meets Action Founder Deb Smallwood discusses the current landscape of analytics and big data, opportunities and challenges that come with it and action items for insurers.Throughout January, Smallwood details each of SMAs five next-generation technologies — analytics and big data, mobile technologies, collaboration technologies, cloud computing and telematics.To find out how the research and consulting firm came to these five, click here. Check back next week for next-gen technology No. 2: mobile technologies. 

CANATICS Selects BAE Systems Detica

Nearly all insurers also expect Congress will reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, according to I.I.I. survey, which revealed deeply divided economic outlooks.

UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, said earnings rose 15 percent, boosted by growth in its Optum technology business as well as enrollment gains.

Many will stop selling universal life with secondary guarantees and half expect to make major design and pricing changes; CFOs to make only moderate changes to staffing levels despite lack of in-house talent.

Partnership to help fight life insurance application fraud.

Insurer selects DataHub and InfoCenter to help increase responsiveness to customers, business partners.

The acquisition includes an image library that encompasses about 90 percent of U.S. structures.

One out of four cloud vendors may not be around a year from now. Will your data be there?

Four industry standouts landed in the top 10 of FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for work-from-home opportunities/telecommuting jobs in 2013.

Through its acquisition of Nest, Google soon will have access to even more personal data, positioning it to potentially enter the homeowners’ insurance market.

In newly created position, Denise Garth will be responsible for launching the firm’s innovation practice.

Business interruption and natural catastrophes pose the biggest threats, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer; for the first time, cybercrime and reputational loss enter the top 10 risks in United States.

Chief distribution officer says company is "moving a bit upscale into a more mass-affluent space, incorporating retirement planning into the protection focus."

The patient-mix is important to health insurers that would have to decide by the end of May whether to keep selling exchange plans in 2015.

SNL Insurance will offer clients the option of adding the iPartners reporting solution to their current subscription at a preferred rate.

Insurer launches AIG Financial Network financial services group and revamps its process for new advisors to include best-in-class systems for testing and training, as well as onboarding securities-licensed financial advisors.

Infogix to extend operational data controls capabilities, provide value to customers.

Companies enter into 10-year distribution agreement to allow MetLife to provide credit insurance products to Citi clients in 15 markets.

Through a a one-year contract, with an initial payment of $45 million, Accenture will take over construction of healthcare.gov.