Data and information management

How far is too far when it comes to gathering and sharing information about potential customers?

A.M. Best says worsening of the economic landscape in Europe merits consideration.

Serious legacy modernization and transformation will continue to be part of virtually every insurer's IT roadmap for at least the next decade, analyst firm says.

Enterprises of all sizes are deploying virtualization in data center environments; Aberdeen calls it a tipping point for business.

Health insurer to leverage commercial version of analytic technologies that helped computer win big on TV game show.

GIS and social media converge to provide a 360-degree view of what's happening on the ground after disasters.

Swiss Re figures already pin down 2011 as the second-costliest year for insured catastrophe damages; Aon Group estimates United States alone has suffered $7 billion more in losses since June.

Chief risk officers from some of the largest life and P&C insurers, including AIG, Allstate, Chubb and MassMutual, lay the foundation for the newly formed North American CRO Council.

Some surprises emerge as I rehash INN's Legacy Systems Study in light of attempting to update my auto insurance.

Industry remains well capitalized, but mounting disaster losses hammer combined ratio.

Two legislative issues of utmost importance for the insurance industry now head to the Senate floor.

MeLLmo's Roambi Analytics to provide Primerica’s independent sales force with business reports and communication tools.

Life insurer aims to remodel data center infrastructure using the tools of the publicly traded Australian vendor.

Baltimore drivers are 88.7 percent more likely than the national average to suffer an accident.

NOAA and Atmospheric and Environmental Research team up on technology, severe storm risk management initiative.

Researchers say that old and useless files are taking up valuable space in our systems, space that data-intensive insurance enterprises can’t afford to lose.

Rating firm says insurers should not “model shop” to downplay exposures.

TMM hopes for significant cost savings and a one-year ROI as a result of RapidSure implementation.

Findings on trends and adoption of collaboration, community and productivity from Saugatuck Technology in partnership with Information Management.

Based on data from 88 insurance company state filings, report reveals that the industry is still largely unprepared to deal with the wide-ranging economic risks posed by climate change.