Data and information management

IT contractor hiring is on the rise; researchers say forecasting the hiring of experts is a “net positive."

“Frankenstein”—a proposed self-camouflaging malware propagation system—represents a challenge and an opportunity for insurance IT and risk management professionals.

SMA Partner Karen Furtado is given one minute to explain why configuration tools are important to insurers. SMA Partner Karen Furtado explains why configuration tools are important to insurers. Sponsored by ISCS.SMA Partner Karen Furtado explains why configuration tools are important to insurers. Sponsored by ISCS.   

Ahmed Yaknour will be responsible for the architecture of C&F’s infrastructure.

A group of Russian insurers have signed an agreement to implement ACORD standards. This will be the first documented ACORD implementation in Eastern Europe.

Great American Supplemental Benefits Group will now do business as Cigna Supplemental Benefits.

Health insurer Aetna is continuing its push to offering information technologies to providers, employers and members to help improve outcomes and drive down costs.

Strategic alliance intends to offer comprehensive data services for usage-based auto insurance.

Insurer turns to Clearwater Analytics for scalable solution that can provide improved investment accounting and reporting, analytics.

As Hurricane Isaac strikes, A.M. Best provides the top ten P&C insurers by market share in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.

AIR Worldwide, a catastrophe modeling firm, estimates that losses resulting from farmer claims for the crop insurance industry may exceed $13 billion with the potential to reach as high as $20 billion.

A recent survey points to a dramatic increase in confidence surrounding cloud storage, but a couple unique challenges persist. Here's how to mitigate them.

If your data quality is suffering, testing can optimize processes and ensure effectiveness.

Insurers wait for the inevitable landfall of what could become a Category 2 hurricane. According to CoreLogic, this leaves insurers with $36 billion in potential exposure to residential property damage to brace for. This high estimate is largely the result of remaining uncertainties. While estimates have the storm moving onto land within the next 48 hours, where it will strike is still unknown.

Insurers, more so than companies in other industries, are now data companies that need to adjust IT talent and operations as soon as possible.

Platform designed to enable insurers to control appetites by state, line of insurance and SIC in real time.

Risk Analyzer Homeowners product enhanced with by-peril rating rules, which have been approved in 13 states.

New component from the analytics provider is designed to provide homeowners insurers with more policy-level information and underwriting certainty.

Disaster recovery and business continuity plans can lure companies into a false sense of security; there's only one way to make sure your business is prepared.

With the business intelligence product, the broker expects to be able to drill down into its data while analyzing the business from many different perspectives.