Data and information management

The distracted driving battle goes on, as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood proposes voluntary steps that would establish new safety criteria for hands-free calling, navigation and entertainment systems in new cars and trucks.

Predictive Analytics Defining Marketing Competition

Software enabling insurers to calculate and integrate risk ratings for wildfires unveiled.

Additional data source to help insurers improve catastrophe modeling results.

Standards groups see promise with establishing aligned interfaces, rules written into RFPs and SLAs, and harmonized government legislation.

Well-executed initiatives in the back office can deliver bottom-line savings, are you up to the task?

In light of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's recent release of cloud guidelines, here are six good reasons to go to cloud and four reasons to be cautious.

New Towers Watson survey, which queried 69 P&C insurers in the U.S. and Canada, found 85 percent of respondents saying they use or are planning to use predictive modeling.

New report details risk management best practices and mitigation strategies for cyber world.

As analytics becomes a key competitive differentiator, the skills needed to manage stores of data are in high demand.

Insurers: IT More Important than Ever

NICB is offering a compilation of every manual on CD in a searchable PDF format. NICB says the CD offers a single source of accurate information and can be searched by year or make of vehicle.

Department of Housing and Urban Development proposal an example of why insurers need to engage evolving regulatory risks, rather than bunker down and weather the current storm.

Insurance Networking News asked Keith Jentoft, president, RSI Video Technologies, how property insurers can foment the use of modern wireless and video technologies to mitigate claims and rejuvenate a partnership with law enforcement.

The hallmark of a resilient organization is in its acknowledgment of the problems in risk prediction, especially of “black swan” events, says Joe Plumeri.

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America's Big “I” Professional Liability Program and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have launched a risk management website, E&O Happens.

With all the tools and technologies at our disposal, isn’t it just good sense to hold clients’ contractually accountable for known risk management prevention efforts?

Business-minded as well as tech-savvy, this list points to the efficiencies and shortcuts that accompany the cloud.

Along with tackling projects that improve and innovate, insurers need to implement the technologies that enhance business models and make risk-averse execs uncomfortable.

Not all analytics systems are a great fit for cloud computing, though there are a handful of promising deployments surrounding big data, customization and innovative applications, according to a new report from MWD Advisors.