Data and information management

Rippleshot says that its software uses machine learning and big data to identify potential payment card breaches.

New entrants into the connected-home market are driving insurance innovation. Check out these examples from the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show.

The wearables market was valued at more than $2 billion in 2016 and is expected to reach almost $6 billion by 2021, Technavio Research finds.

The company has licensed Oortfolio from Praedicat for predictive modeling.

The B3i working group triples in size with the addition of 10 new companies.

With last week’s announcement that Insurity has acquired Valen Analytics, the core and analytics landscape changes again.

Julianna Muir takes over position as SVP, head of strategy and innovation, after working on analytics-driven commercial underwriting platform.

The growth of the cloud and the Internet of Things is driving demand for data centers.

(Updated with response from industry groups) Bulletin from insurance commissioner classifies all pricing decisions under underwriting rules.

The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative, co-founded by five European insurers late last year, is preparing to add new members.

Arium will join Verisk’s AIR Worldwide business, helping insurers and reinsurers better manage risk across their portfolios.

The tech giant's admission into the group could be announced as soon as this week.

Life and annuity carriers were especially discouraged by the quality of their data, says survey.

Nearly 4 in 10 data science tasks will be automated by 2020, Gartner predicts, making insight more accessible to people who aren't pure data scientists.

The acquisition continues the insurance technology company's aggressive M&A strategy.

Glassdoor has just released its annual look at the best jobs in America, based on hiring demand and pay potential. Once again, data scientist tops the list, with 18 of the top 50 jobs in tech and data fields.

Bertrum Carroll joins the workers' compensation insurer from SC Johnson.

Britain’s largest mortgage lender was targeted by a denial-of-service attack, which aims to cripple an online system by flooding it with traffic.

Insurance execs are hungry for education on big data and analytics, according to Celent/The Institutes survey.

MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico settles, as HHS Office of Civil Rights sets large fines.