Data and information management

Insurance IT experts discuss the technology challenges insurers are facing, social business is demystified and several insurers make analytics, mobile moves.

A new report from Saugatuck outlines the challenges BI has faced, and where BI operations are likely to settle within enterprises.

Xuber, the insurance software business of Xchanging plc, announced the launch of Xuber Analytics, a data analysis tool designed to provide commercial insurers with deeper insight into their business.

It may sound like an oversimplification to say that Data Mastery (DM) is the ability of an insurer to gain mastery of their data, so perhaps it would be better to say that DM is the ability of an insurer to gain business insight from raw data.

If you have been with a company that has acquired or merged with another, you have likely felt the pain that goes with merging systems and data sets — but does it need to be that difficult?

Downloadable geographic information system designed to offer map applications and big data visualization.

Amazon provides compliant expansion points while the business software provider will develop consultancy, tech support.

INN developed the ranking in partnership with Celent, an independent business research and advisory service with a specialization in insurance technology. Celent facilitated survey development, data collection and analysis. The result is an insightful set of rankings based on objective peer review.

Eighty-three percent of P&C insurers indicate that they will increase their spending over the next three years. The top three areas for investments in analytics, according to SMA’s data, “remain the risk-centric areas” of product development, underwriting and claims.

State Farm is beginning to test RightLane, which collects basic information about a person's driving via an Android smartphone.

Sandy resulted in approximately 1.5 million claims overall, 92 percent of which were completed at four months.

How one insurance company re-created mainframe logic on a Windows/.NET server environment.

A series of measurements can greatly improve processes if you know what data to look for, and what to do with it once its found.

New data from Novarica’s most recent IT roundtable finds that while P&C insurers are focusing on data capabilities, speed to market is a particular point of emphasis for life/health insurers.

Investment Intelligence designed to access data from various sources, including SS&C applications and third-party systems, and deliver analysis to the C-suite.

Four tips from a recent book that provide business executives with everything they need to know when working with analytics.

By offering access to services on an as-needed basis, cloud computing is cutting costs and gaining popularity in the insurance industry. Now the question is: public or private?

Are insurers slightly ahead of banks when it comes to big data?

Insurers venturing into new territories, both geographically and technologically, may need to pay closer attention to data standards.

2013 Terrorism Risk Insurance Report outlines current marketplace as well as potential effects of letting the coverage expire.