Data and information management

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.

Respondents generally believe that big data will provide their company with a competitive advantage. But they cite several challenges to that goal.

The life insurance software vendor has acquired Resonant.

A likely repeal of the Affordable Care Act and adjustments to other regulations on the financial sector have insurers watching President Trump intently.

Satya Nadella cautions his own company and competitors about "parlor tricks" that show AI’s power without preserving workers’ dignity.

The two-year agreement aims to build use cases for how distributed databases can aid research and information sharing.

Cloud service markets are now growing three times more quickly than cloud infrastructure hardware and software, study finds.