Mobile technology

Even when application security testing is undertaken, it often is done casually by developers who are mostly concerned with the applications' functionality.

Automakers could end up in the firing line for liability suits stemming from accidents; vehicles also would be exposed to threats from hackers.

Companies say this is the first partnership in the United States in which an insurer is offering discounted premiums based on data from a third-party connected car service provider.

Vehicle-generated data seen as value-add for UBI offerings; 45 percent of consumers are interested in products that will inform them about their driving habits.

The latest Towers Watson survey finds drivers are increasingly willing to be monitored in exchange for a discount.

New functionality on Pocket Agent mobile app enables users to photographically capture make and model data and populate claim-form fields.

The aim is to get people more invested in taking care of themselves; consumers wear the devices and activity data is uploaded to be verified and reward them for their participation and efforts.

Gartner warns enterprise application development teams against using traditional practices.

App offers a customized dashboard to help members create and track personal wellness goals and milestones.

The global application performance monitoring and application-aware network performance monitoring market earned revenue of $2.55 billion in 2013 and estimates this will reach $7.19 billion in 2020, says Frost & Sullivan.

Forrester Research finds apps are helping insurers increase revenues, decrease loss expenses and reduce risk.

ABI Research predicts that cloud platforms will generate $3.6 billion in mobile enterprise application revenue by 2019.

The agreement, which will result in more than 100 industry-specific enterprise apps, will significantly change how banking, healthcare, insurance and other markets operate.

Mobile Sales Agent, Mobile Underwriter and Mobile Claims Adjustor are among the enterprise solutions scheduled for release.

The two companies will work together to develop applications tailored to work with IBM’s data analytics and cloud services.

The use of smartphones and laptops is widespread among enterprises, with nearly three out of every four organizations issuing corporate-owned laptops and smartphones to their workforces.

The partnership will enable testing on real devices in the cloud and speed the mobile app time to market, the companies say.

Half of the financial services firms responding to a recent survey, 17 percent of which were insurance companies, said they have no mobile strategy of any kind.