Data and information management

Business intelligence will still see billions of dollars, but struggling global economics and slowed sales cycle are hampering growth.

The use of enterprise risk management applications continues to evolve, according to “2012 U.S. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Survey,” from Gen Re. The survey focused on setting biometric risk assumptions, which had largely been ignored by previous ERM research.

Catching instances of fraud is good, but the downstream effects can be even more impressive.

North American insurers ranked product pricing (51 percent versus 39 percent in 2010), risk strategy (48 percent versus 38 percent in 2010) and reinsurance strategy (44 percent versus 34 percent in 2010) as the areas of their business most impacted by their evolving enterprise risk management (ERM) programs, according to a new Towers Watson survey.

Here's a sneak peek at our next installment of "A Day on the Job," with Nate Root, CNA's SVP of Shared Services. Check back on 2/28 for the full story.

A new report highlights a wave of mobile-focused techniques spreading among hackers.

The convenience and scalability the cloud offers is too great for the industry to ignore any longer.

A new report from Celent outlines the process of going from a big data spectator to becoming a practitioner and more.

The insurer will use the Insurance Scorecard platform to consolidate its multiple data sources for meaningful and actionable analysis.

After another year of meager growth, a new report from Gartner posits that this year businesses are primed for spikes in analytic adoption rates.

Like other paradigmatic technologies before it, cloud is just a tool that requires the right people working on it in the right environment to be effective.

Legal Solutions Suite purchased in an attempt to simplify billing and expense tracking, monitor outside counsel performance.

California leads states in QCs; suspicious loss of jewelry increased 86 percent.

The P&C sector leads insurers in mobile offerings, investments; however, life/annuity insurers are investing more in quote and buy capabilities.

Patent provides a method for managing the policies and security of portable devices that store data through a third-party cloud service.

Data experts challenge the basic framework for big data programs.

Insurers can expect winter storm loss damages to return to normal after this weekend.

Recent survey reveals cyber risks to be the biggest business concern; insurer develops mobile app in response.

Survey of life insurance CFOs finds few satisfied with speed, reliability; run-time requirements are highest priority.

iWorks Prophet purchased in an effort to centralize and standardize actuarial practices across business lines.