Data and information management

The slow pace of innovation leaves insurers vulnerable to disruption.

The new wave of digital technologies is sending a clear message to even the most recalcitrant insurers: Go digital or go home.

Rick Roberts, director of risk management for Ensign-Bickford, has served on the nonprofit’s board for seven years.

A combination of open source big data tools and proprietary analytic appliances are helping the insurer to avoid millions of dollars in losses that would likely have otherwise escaped detection.

New study shows data center growth will soon peak, and then decline. What will take their place?

Each year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) conducts a survey to identify the top policy and technology issues facing state government. The resulting list is particularly interesting, especially when compared/contrasted to corporate CIO priorities.While corporate CIOs are pushing hard into Big Data and other applications to improve the customer experience, State CIOs are balancing customer engagements with continued budget and government policy challenges.Here’s a closer look at the Top 10 State CIO Priorities for 2015. Source: NASCIO.

Buried by data, insurers are turning to enterprise content management solutions to better manage it all.

The race to ‘go digital’ is on as insurers focus their innovation efforts on these five technologies.

Where is the business analytics industry heading in 2015? The International Institute of Analytics offers up these 10 potential trends to watch.

INN and Celent recognized the insurance industry’s most innovative solution providers and carriers at our eighth annual awards ceremony in New Orleans.

It's going to be an interesting year. Here are the top trends that will shape the casualty insurance market in 2015, according to Marsh's US Casualty Practices.

Becoming a digital insurer is a long-term endeavor, but can open doors to the new possibilities.

Peter Hahn, head of predictive analytics for Zurich North America, shares his insights on successfully finding, hiring and keeping people with the hottest skills.

New offerings target MGAs, TPAs, workers comp, self-insureds and mutual carriers

Forrester Research believes that a growing number of businesses will build smart applications atop the open source Big Data platform in the coming year.

J.D. Power and RIMS report that large business commercial insurance customers are most satisfied when insurers and brokers deliver on customer service, price and claims.

Digital competition may dictate a new organizational architecture in which emerging digital processes coexist with traditional ones.

Even in technology, good things may take time.

The provider of software, hardware and insurance products has bought 640 Labs to offer farmers data tools that can help them maximize yields.

The software solutions are intended to help the P&C insurer boost customer service and time to market by streamlining underwriting, policy admin, claims and business intelligence.