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The sudden expansion of connected things will boost the economic impact of the IoT as consumers, businesses, city authorities, hospitals and many other entities find new ways in which to exploit the technology.

Budgets for IT operational spending in the coming year will look better than the previous four years, but only by a bit, according to a new Computer Economics study.

The new platform is based on Backbase’s customer experience platform designed to help insurers deliver customer-centric, digital services.

Big data helps leaders measure and understand more about their business and directly translate it into improved decision making and performance.

Integration of four subsidiaries helps company de-risk its variable annuity business.

Pricing discipline, competitive pressures and loss cost inflation vary significantly across markets.

The nominees, selected by a panel of insurance IT executives, will be announced at the 2015 Novarica Council Meeting in April.

Chief Executive Officer Greg Case has been returning capital to shareholders at a record pace as revenue climbs.

Enrollments and the lack of widespread technological glitches on the website were cause for celebration within the Obama administration.

Health plan will provide employers with near real-time insights and recommendations.

With no access to online enrollment, GAO states that employers had to enroll through the help of agents and brokers or directly through issuers.

A poll of insurance executives attending PCIA also found that suboptimal underwriting remains primary obstacle to corporate growth.

Insurers are facing a sea change as technology increasingly permeates consumer culture, creating more sophisticated expectations (see part 1), and those expectations are just one of several factors driving the demand for talent in the insurance industry.Jeff Rieder, partner and head of Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and provider of benchmarking and best practices studies for insurance companies, met with INN to discuss the optimism in the industry, the many factors driving the demand for talent, employment numbers, and some of the reasons insurers are having difficulty recruiting.

Guidewire technology aims to help deliver flexibility, enhance customer service and lower IT costs.

Insurers are facing a sea change as technology increasingly permeates consumer culture, creating more sophisticated expectations.Jeff Rieder, partner and head of Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and provider of benchmarking and best practices studies for insurance companies, met with INN to discuss the skill sets that forward-thinking insurers need to recruit and cultivate to respond to the changing environment and capitalize on emerging opportunities.This is the first of a two part series.

To keep subsidies intact, Delaware officials are contemplating a technical work-around, while Illinois’ outgoing governor is seeking to push through a legislative fix in the final months of his term.

As larger number of consumers become willing to share their personal data, opportunities open up for insurers.

The P&C insurer also has modernized its claims practices, enhancing overall customer service, claims response and expenses management.

The P&C insurer is modernizing its claims practices, enhancing overall customer service, claims response and expenses management.

The fate of the subsidies may end up in the hands of governors and state legislatures, some of which have just changed parties