Data and information management

The insurer is betting on big changes in how cars are used, and wants to be on top of providing new services to customers as needed.

Underwriting is at the core of the insurance business. Its evolution to incorporate other critical functions means that underwriters in the future will be well positioned to contribute greater business value to their companies.

Hamilton's CEO talks about the data science-driven platform his company partnered with AIG to build.

However, most companies have yet to fully take advantage of newer digital technologies, study finds.

The Chinese insurance company has created a subsidiary that is focusing heavily on blockchain technology.

Admiral's quick reworking of attempt to leverage Facebook data reveals how far the industry still has to go to earn trust.

Growth in spending is driven by increased investments in software and IT services, the researcher finds.

Organizations, on average, face more than a hundred focused and targeted breach attempts every year, study finds.

UK's Admiral Group quickly scuttles plan to supplement quoting with information from Facebook after privacy concerns raised.

A majority of business leaders lack confidence in their ability to measure the effectiveness and impact of data, study finds.

CalcFocus’ illustration engine will be fully integrated into Sapiens’ core suite.

Women insurance leaders gathered in Chicago for 10th annual fall meeting honoring winners and facilitating discussion on insurance leadership, technology, and more.

There is clear upside in the evolution of the underwriting function away from its traditional transactional focus toward a more strategic and customer-focused orientation. (Part 1 of a series).

SMA research finds that as the number of insurtech companies rises, carriers themselves become less sure that they know what's on the horizon.

Many carriers are either undergoing or have completed core replacement projects, while at the same time facing a talent crunch.

While the core Watson technology isn’t trained using customers’ proprietary data, it has received large chunks of information in various industries, from health care to weather to financial services.

Eleven major health insurers share non-Medicare data with officials to demonstrate the effectiveness of telemedicine.

As big data spreads to more core insurance operations, data scientists will increasingly rely on leaders in traditional insurance roles to identify areas where data analytics and expensive modeling tools can have the greatest impact on business outcomes.

Advances in facial recognition technology give companies the potential to profit from biometric data, privacy advocates see a pattern in how the world’s largest social network and search engine have sold users’ viewing histories for advertising.