Data and information management

Spending on core systems and digital innovation is high, but CIOs are spending a lot of time meeting data security needs, says Novarica.

The reinsurer is set to offer life and health clients the startup’s mobile-based musculoskeletal rehabilitation program for policyholders.

Showing only modest gains is the data center systems area. Gartner expects that sector to see a 1.8 percent increase in spending, up from 1.7 estimated growth in 2017.

To meet the challenge, CIOs must understand both what will be expected of them, and what they truly aspire to be, says Gartner's Peter Sondergaard.

The organizations say the cloud-based system will help insurers expand their markets through better use of data.

The company is creating a division that will develop products, research and partnerships for a field that connects everything from driverless cars to light bulbs to the web.

The usage-based insurance startup believes that driving frequency is a crucial data point for carriers.

Artificial intelligence, intelligent apps, immersive-experience devices among Gartner’s technologies to watch.

The offering uses mimicked version of an information system to fool hackers, says Chris Albery of the HITRUST organization.

Pie Insurance, a worker's compensation coverage startup with entirely digital distribution, will launch next year, says CEO John Swigart.

Proposals included preventing homes built in flood plains after 2020 from obtaining insurance under the program, sending them to seek private coverage.

Data and analytics company is partnering with life insurers to develop products to automate the application and underwriting process.

The ability of modern tech entrants to analyze insurers' large data sets is a key part of their value propositions.

Artificial intelligence, followed by digital security and the IoT are the most differentiating technologies, but also among the hardest to hire for, say IT leaders.

Healthcare organizations such as Allina Health are working more closely with carriers to ensure that patient information is shared to improve care and reduce costs.

New products announced by startups this week show companies expanding their portfolios to manage more kinds of risk.

Richard Smith will apologize for the breach and outlined a chronology of key events in Congressional testimony today.

There are opportunities for carriers of all sizes to get involved, as many startups looking for pilot customers will lower costs to get their foot in the door.

New Hortonworks DataPlane Service is a cloud-based offering that looks to ease workloads across distributed computing environments.

Equifax's data breach may be the most serious, given that it covered 143 million consumers and involved reams of confidential information, but it wasn't the largest. Following are the biggest to date.