Data and information management

New data from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods shows catastrophe losses impacting insurers’ bottom lines.

Turnstile aims to expedite processing time for carriers receiving submissions from independent agents.

Vendor hopes Xiance Desktop will enable insurers to better predict a property's vulnerability to natural disasters.

Vendor claims its new platform can sharply reduce the data security risks of insurers.

According to a new study from Strategy Meets Action, social media has become a nearly universal practice among insurers (nine percent reported not having a social media strategy or initiative planned), however, very few are beyond the basics of posting and monitoring.

The investment income woes of property/casualty insurers did not begin with the 2008 financial crisis, new analysis from Fitch Ratings reveals.

MIT Sloan and IBM survey points to organizational differences as main factor in competitive advantage with data.

There can be, if insurers become fully aware of the ways to secure data.

Independence Blue Cross is in the process of testing a wireless-enabled fitness device and apps that can be used to support wellness, the Philadelphia-based insurer reports.

Insurers believe creative disruption has value, and they want their share.

Private equity firm Genstar Capital acquires policy administration software unit.

Accenture survey says industry needs to embrace analytics and better tailor products and services to customers’ needs.

Report says worldwide IT spending pertaining to risk functions will increase to more than $74 billion by 2015.

If Novarica’s Chad Hersh had a crystal ball, he would have told insurance technology attendees at a technology user conference in Austin this morning that the future is already here.

A new survey says drivers want more connectivity behind the wheel and that they think automated driving is not far off, but is that what we really want?

New report foresees the financial services industry’s risk technology spending hitting $23 billion by 2013.

New Agent App From ING

Formerly known as WeatherBill, Climate Corp. releases next-generation weather monitoring and location-specific yield assessment.

Russ Bostick, president of Bostick & Associates, took to the stage at Celent’s Creative Disruption—A Core Systems Strategy Workshop in Boston on Nov. 3, 2011, to share his experiences as an insurance IT executive in building successful business cases.

As the industry becomes increasingly digitized, marketing and IT must inevitably learn to utilize the integral skill sets they can offer each other.