Data and information management

The specialty insurer can now mine event data from various business solutions, correlate that information and present it to various stakeholders.

Small agencies are growing faster than their larger counterparts, in part because of greater investments in mobility and other technologies, according to a new survey from Vertafore.

It is no secret, and it is supported by many recent industry studies - attracting and retaining customers is the primary or secondary priority for insurance companies. To do so, insurers need to provide product innovation and get customers excited about new product concepts, protection offers and superior service. Insurers can work with the customers to create the solution to meet their needs and make it about them. This is an opportunity for insurers to disrupt and capture market.

Suite includes integration with more than 50 data sources designed to enable data-powered underwriting for multi-line carriers.

Comply solution designed to enable insurers to manage risk by automating regulatory change management processes.

A watershed year is shaping up for insurers and their use of technology, and IT/business relations are more important than ever.

Board members should raise nine critical questions when discussing technology strategy with IT and business managers.

Economic Scenario Generator will provide the interface for SunGard's risk management and modeling software.

Insurer invests in an attempt to combine data from several entities for accurate, consolidated data view.

Storage continues to be the biggest chunk of the investment in virtualization projects, which includes both server and desktop initiatives.

Product designed to enable life/annuity insurers to automate processing of insurance applications that include natural handwriting.

Osterman Research outlines five basic guidelines for long-term management of archived information that, while not comprehensive, aim at keeping organizations covered from risk and working with data during transitions.

Sometimes, the stars all seem to align and that light can bring things into sharp focus. This year's IASA conference focused on knowledge and innovation. The COO Roundtable topics challenged traditional views and challenged the participants to focus on innovation, change, differentiation and competitiveness. All of this combined to emphasize how we - as an industry - must rethink, transform and innovate the insurance industry in response to the many different changes we are experiencing.

CLM to assist Synerscope in market expansion of a solution designed to assist insurers with workflow analysis, fraud diagnosis and cybersecurity.

While forecasts are calling for more major storm events in 2013, A.M. Best believes the industry as a whole is well-prepared to address potential catastrophic activity because insurers in the space have continually, actively engaged in risk management and taken action to address the growing frequency of such events.

Technology is fueling the shift from a reimbursement model to a prevention/loss-control one for P&C carriers.

Penetration rates are flat from last year; one-third of businesses said BI solutions were in use by less than 10 percent of employees.

CoreLogic’s 2013 findings reflect a significant increase over 2012 in both the number of total properties at risk, as well as total value.

Laura Martinez brought in to build company’s risk management programs throughout the southeastern United States.

In this first of three blog posts, a hypothetical upgrade to improve customer interaction is described, and the typical challenges insurers face are illuminated.