Digital distribution

More than 6 million people would lose the subsidies that allow them to purchase health insurance if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell.

Once a digitally savvy company from an “adjacent industry” such as web services has a wrap around your customers, what’s to prevent them from embedding their own insurance products?

Portal solution for insurers and managing general agencies now supports iOS and Android platforms with role-based security, company says.

The new distribution program is intended to help minimize the cost and risks associated with participating in the insurance aggregation site.

The claims process is where we deliver on the promise of being there for customers when they need us most. Here's how use technology to make it easy for customers to get their benefits as quickly as possible.

Understanding the benefits of outside-in thinking, insurers are finding ways to leverage tech firms and other innovators.

Insurers are in a great position to lead in getting real business results from big data and analytics investments, as these 10 carriers demonstrate.

Workers’ comp insurer intends to offer web-based service options to customers and independent agents; will integrate Agencyportal with Guidewire’s PolicyCenter.

Though changes in the insurance business could lead to disintermediation of traditional distribution methods, USI CIO Stewart Gibson says his company is prepared to compete. Part 2 of 2.

Managing the distribution channel requires discipline in a number of areas, and insurers face significant challenges in performing these tasks efficiently; here's a look at how carriers are looking to technology as a strategic differentiator.

Stewart Gibson, CIO of the insurance brokerage, talks about how the changing nature of distribution has impacted IT strategy. Part 1 of 2.

Less than a month after the Apple Watch was released to the public, some enterprising insurance carriers have already prepared compatible applications.

The provider of usage-based insurance services, led by former Progressive exec, was targeted for telematics expertise.

Dean Sivley, who has experience as an operations and technology executive in the travel industry horizontally, moves to the insurance side with a new role at BHSI.

P&C insurance rates are ticking up with customers driving more and after a particularly brutal winter.

CEO Tom Wilson and other execs provide a window into how big insurers take digitalization front-and-center.

New president of North American life insurance Cheryl Neal led a life division at Liberty Mutual and has also worked at HSBC and Morgan Stanley.

The company will leave health insurance and focus on P&C next year regardless of whether or not there is a buyer for its business, it says.

Google’s search engine will now will favor mobile friendly content over traditional website content; within the insurance industry, the greatest initial impact is likely to be felt by insurance distributors.

The kinds of products life insurers will offer will change with digitalization, insurance technology experts said at the 2015 Life Insurance Conference