Since its inception five years ago, InsuranceNetworking News' presentation of the most influential women in insurance has profiled the extraordinary accomplishments of 32 individuals. We are pleased to add another 10 to that list- women who embody the strength, fortitude and determination necessary for their respective leadership positions. The six Honorees and four Notable Achievers featured this year-with titles ranging from director to CIO-prove that women can positively affect critical processes within the IT and business environments of their organizations.

For the fifth consecutive year, INN is pleased to recognize and congratulate 10 of the insurance industry's most extraordinary female leaders.

There are many avenues open for insurers to either migrate or modernize legacy systems to bring them up to code.

Containerized data centers may be a viable option for insurers that want to keep their servers in-house, while keeping their purse strings tight.

Service is based on DocuLex’s cloud/SaaS Web search program, and Goby Capture, an automated paper and electronic document capture system.

The Brownyard Group, a program administrator providing specialized insurance coverage for select industry groups, has formed a new division to serve as a facilitator between their agents/brokers and its underwriting and claims teams.

Swiss Re will leverage CSC’s CyberLife, Customer Service Accelerator and Claims Management Accelerator software for e-delivery and self-service capabilities.

Definitions and interpretations aside, an effective SOA deployment can lay the groundwork for cloud formations.

The fourth annual INNovators Awards has been enhanced this year to include additional awards in three specific categories that recognize the full complement of insurance technology excellence across all aspects of the business.

Accenture will develop, implement and manage a variety of applications to support the insurer’s Canadian operations.

Now merged, the new Focus Technologies will offer SaaS solutions designed to enable insurers to cost effectively operate at an advanced level.

German reinsurer firm selects Tata Communications to deploy and manage Telepresence Service in 16 countries across the world.

An increase in qualified actuarial resources, and a need to move actuaries into more strategic activities, will offer insurers opportunities that were previously unavailable.

INN announces the results of its fifth annual program recognizing the distinct and outstanding accomplishments and contributions of women in the insurance industry.

While it doesn’t make sense for insurers to hand over critical systems to third-parties, there are many other processes that can be handed over without worry.

Asian insurance CIOs tend to be very tech-aware, and are actively pursuing process automation.

Gartner lists best practices for re-evaluating software-as-a-service in your organization.

Risk management is only the first of many apps and functions that can be delivered via cloud-based services to insurers.

The economy still stinks, but the IASA Educational Conference and Business Show came up smelling like a rose.

XactSource is designed to furnish companies with an outsourcing tool while maintaining the oversight of an in-house IT organization.