Data and information management

Microsoft’s Analytics Platform System is the company's latest effort to beef up big data products for corporate clients.

The partnership will establish an offshore Center of Excellence in Bangalore.

The partnership will offer an RMIS product designed to improve workflow and decision-making.

The insurer will move to a private cloud-based infrastructure on the PureFlex System and IBM will provide other services related to mainframe, storage, backup and resiliency.

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Access to a growing number of models through a single platform enables insurers to build a more complete view of risk while achieving operational efficiencies in underwriting and portfolio management.

Casualty Actuarial Society forms a task force to advance research into cyber risk and cyber insurance.

Cloud vendors aren’t being challenged enough at the start of engagements.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods leaves ratings unchanged due to the generally stable operating environment, but analysts are adjusting earnings-per-share estimates because of winter weather and a flatter yield curve.

Partnership will develop AXA’s digital, social and mobile footprint in France.

A link exists between the levels of collaboration among IT, line-of-business and analytics groups and the success of big data and analytics projects.

Top trends include core and legacy system transformation, data mastery, and analytics and digitization, Celent says.

SAP's platform has been expanded to North America insurers through its cloud offering.

Insurer expects to increase automation, flexibility and control of investment accounting and reporting.

Buyers' market is improving, as capacity remains abundant, according to Willis Group; commercial casualty rates likely to experience single-digit increases.

The bug is believed to affect security of more than 50 percent of the Internet.

Touchstone creates an open platform for insurers and reinsurers to manage their exposures and catastrophe risk.

Insurance data experts convene in IDMA annual meeting panel to underline big data opportunities and imperatives.

The integration from the Property Claim Services division of Verisk Analytics is designed to align the use of precision climate business data for P&C insurers.

The new company will distribute connected car products to consumers in the UK and Canada, fleets in Europe and to vehicle makers globally, company says.