Data and information management

While big data, data analytics, artificial intelligence and data security continue to be of top concern to most organizations, digital transformation has now risen to be top of mind for many corporate business leaders.

As sci-fi author William Gibson said, the future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed.

Organizations that focus their efforts in six key areas will be far ahead of other businesses at this time next year, says PwC.

The new product is designed to be coupled with Neurotrack’s Imprint Memory Assessment, which is delivered via a mobile app.

There is an urgent need for organizations to identify and nurture “agents of transformation,” a new breed of technology professionals who can drive innovation.

New data quality management practices, data discovery techniques and predictive and prescriptive analytics tools will be among the top trends impacting analytics and business intelligence.

Across the industry, carriers report that basic third-party data capabilities are common and that pilot activity is high.

Machine learning adoption has been growing at a rapid pace, and there is no end in sight. Recent forecasts say pilots and implementations, as well as investments, will increase 400 percent by 2021.

Aetna has signed on to the Synaptic Health Alliance, a group started by Humana and four other insurers earlier this year and which is also adding hospitals.

Despite the strong and inherently negative narrative around the impact on jobs, the bulk of the impact from the automation of work through AI will result in a 'displacement' of work not a 'replacement' of work.

Insurers want to use advanced analytics and data to fight fraud, but are going through growing pains in laying a tech groundwork.

So-called 'black box' pricing makes insurance products more competitive and efficient for lenders, practitioners say.

The number of phishing attacks worldwide in the third quarter of 2018 reached more than 137 million, according to Kaspersky Lab.

insurers have an opportunity to use the same data integration techniques for data prefill to automatically integrate data into more complex lines of business.

Representatives of multiline insurers

For the first time ever, emerging technology investment has superseded customer understanding as the No. 1 thing firms want to do to be more innovative.

When it comes to their digital assets, organizations recognize the importance of business resilience but most are struggling to take action to connect the two, according to a recent report.

Investments in the Internet-of-Things will increase in 2019, even as the term 'IoT' begins to fade. Here are five most significant trends that organizations can expect, according to Forrester Research.

Leadoff speakers from Digital Insurance's Insurance Analytics & AI conference in New York illustrate an industry operationalizing advanced technology.

Organizations using these technologies to drive innovation are seeing benefits in terms of revenue, profit and overall leadership in their respective industries and segments, says IDC's David Schubmehl.