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.

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

INN is accepting nominations for our 10th annual Women in Insurance Leadership honors, and we want to hear from you.

In insurance, it is easy to be swayed by the shiny new tool and jump to invest in the latest system.

Annabell Bexiga joins the company as commercial insurance business information officer, reporting to AIG CIO Phil Fasano.

As analytics and mobility become higher priorities, a new challenge will emerge: how to find and retain the best talent.

James J. Shea, a former QBE VP responsible for integrating the Australian insurer’s information technology systems, and Eugene Fallon, an outside consultant, allegedly defrauded QBE over two years.

Insurance carriers are increasingly doubling as venture capitalists, identifying and supporting startup technology companies that promise to shake up the industry.

Michael Tipsord, State Farm president and chief operating officer, will succeed Edward B. Rust Jr. as chief executive officer in September.

My advice is not the same for every vendor, but there are some points that are true for just about everyone.

Millennials now represent the largest percentage of the U.S. workforce and have new set of expectations regaring giving and receiving services.

Company's IT operations currently under auspices of interim CIO Gerald Shields, former CIO of Aflac.

Barry Stowe previously was CEO of Prudential’s Asian division; he will relocate from Hong Kong and remains on the board.

The professional services firm intends to offer data and analytics products and services to customers and deliver 100 data and analytics jobs to Dublin, Ireland.

Once it becomes socially normal to have a personal relationship with an artifical intelligence, insurers’ (and many other service industries’) sales and service processes will change dramatically

Insurers are in a great position to lead in getting real business results from big data and analytics investments, as these 10 carriers demonstrate.

Insurers fearful of security events must double down on staff training to deter easily preventable social engineering hacks, experts say.

The executive came up through the investments organization and now has responsibility for insurance and agency operations.

I’m proud to announce the new insurancenetworking.com is live and ready to provide a better experience for all our readers, on any platform you choose to interact with us.

Betsy Ward is expanding her role as chief enterprise risk officer to include chief actuary as Isadore Jermyn retires after 34 years with the insurer.