Data security

With hurricane season set to start June 1, Citizens is taking advantage of interest rates close to generational lows to bolster its claim-paying ability.

The insurer’s Nationwide Center for Advanced Customer Insights on the Ohio State University campus gives students exposure to real-life insurance data and business challenges.

The property insurer rolled out the Spex Mobile Property Inspection Platform to help it compete effectively against big insurers.

The company is collaborating with several colleges in its home region to bring data science talent into the organization in a new way.

Nationwide, MassMutual, and State Farm are among the growing number of large insurance companies working closely with universities to build a pipeline of technology talent.

Lufthansa is facing possible financial claims from the families of victims, which legal experts have estimated at around $350 million.

Innovations in security will be aimed at fortifying cloud services, big data, wireless communication and the Internet of Things (IoT), according to Frost & Sullivan.

IBM has been trying to lure customers to its analytics business with data from partners.

The global insurer is the first insurance industry member of the U-M's Mobility Transformation Center Affiliate program

When insurers assess the risks and conduct cost-benefit analyses on whether information systems should be encrypted, more often than not the decision has been made to not encrypt. That has to change now, industry observers say.

Hackers succeeded in accessing claims and clinical data from Premera, but they may be wasting their time trying to monetize health data, industry observers say.

When big commercial insurers develop cyber risk coverage for their clients, IT helps illustrate the problem and identify solutions. CNA and XL Group take us inside their processes.

Premera Blue Cross, serving the Northwest and Alaska, was hacked beginning last May, and even more sensitive data was exposed than in the Anthem hack.

Genworth is struggling to contain the damage and on Monday warned of a “material weakness” in some of its accounting.

The company also put out a HITECH Act notice over the weekend detailing the identity protection services it will provide affected customers.

Federal Bureau of Investigation officials are still deciding whether to publicly reveal information about the attackers in one of the biggest thefts of medical-related customer data in U.S. history.

Along with Logiq3, MSG Global's acquisition of Tindal Associates brings it more than 100 life insurance customers.

Survey by Employers Holdings shows that companies need to create healthier environments.

Individuals affected by the Anthem health information breach should be wary of emails or calls they receive.

Early in its investigation of a major cyber attack, health insurer Anthem shared much of what it knew with other health industry stakeholders, all of whom participate in the HITRUST Cyber Threat Intelligence and Incident Coordination Center.