Data and information management

During a session at HIMSS12, Kaiser Permanente SVP and CIO Phil Fasano said that with $4 billion spent thus far on the project, the gravity of the undertaking is evident.

A convergence of tech forces are creating a “new norm” for insurance companies.

Jeremy Lin and confirmation bias: How analytics are finding a sure-fire way to upend the status quo.

Insurer selects iPipeline's iGo e-app and Data Services solutions to enable automated processes as well as increased access for producers.

Think tank Heartland Institute issues another hyperbolic statement, this time on leaked—and possibly fake—documents containing climate change information.

Forrester report outlines a four-year look at the mobility market in terms of proliferation, spending and challenges.

IntelliDrive enables fleet managers to improve driver safety and efficiency while reducing costs by leveraging technology.

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.