Core systems

The new app features direct access to ACE’s medical and emergency assistance partners and location-specific safety alerts, including for diseases, crime, civil unrest, acts of terrorism and natural disasters.

Hackers succeeded in accessing claims and clinical data from Premera, but they may be wasting their time trying to monetize health data, industry observers say.

Cyberinsurance is on the rise, and insurance companies are asking their IT departments where the most risk lies. Here's what IT staff says are the most important items to cover after a breach.

Premera Blue Cross, serving the Northwest and Alaska, was hacked beginning last May, and even more sensitive data was exposed than in the Anthem hack.

The insurer plans test flights near Bloomington, Illinois; could use drones to assess roof damage claims and respond to natural disasters.

The announcement today counts 14.1 million people who have enrolled in private plans or expanded Medicaid coverage since 2013, and 2.3 million young adults who were allowed to stay on parent's health plans until the age of 26.

The Touchstone catastrophe modeling platform and suite of CAT models will be rolled out across the organization to support a range of risk management needs.

Commercial lines prices have only risen 2% in the past year, and for workers' comp, even that would be good, says Towers Watson.

More than a third of visitors to Healthcare.Gov came through a tablet or smartphone, said CEO Kevin Counihan -- and they are converting to sales.

Regulators, industry representatives and others are encouraged offer perspectives, insights and recommendations to inform and shape emerging regulations.

Online platform automates the submission process for insureds, agents, brokers and carrier partners.

The Native-American-owned insurer will implement SurePower Innovation in the cloud as part of a core administration and automation project.

Building a strong relationship with the insurance industry has been a top priority for Sylvia Burwell since becoming the head of HHS nine months ago, she said at America's Health Insurance Plans' national health policy conference this week.

The state-run insurer has rolled out InsuranceSuite as part of an organization-wide transformation initiative, including underwriting, policy administration, billing and claims management.

Companies have resisted providing data to the government about hacking attacks out of concern that they could be sued if they accidentally included private information about their customers, or accused of violating antitrust laws.

Google can't use aggregation-based connections with insurance companies to decipher their rating and risk management strategies -- but it might not need to.

Quicksolver will be used to support 27 types of coverage for entertainment production companies in 50 states; intended to cut quote-to-bind times and simplify rating and filing processes.

Commercial drones are photographing sporting events, monitoring construction sites and performing other aerial chores even though the Federal Aviation Administration is as many as two years away from issuing final regulations to govern their use.

The global reinsurer will deploy Launchpad Marketing Cloud, a multi-channel marketing platform designed to enable clients to select prospects and policyholder audiences to market life insurance.

Carriers are polarized by the new Google Compare for auto insurance aggregator – but the search giant is hoping key partnerships will help it gain credibility.