Policy adminstration

Geographic information services increasingly are being incorporated into claims processing to predict and prevent losses, speed customer care and better allocate resources.

A new report's finds that insurance CIOs targeted mobile computing capabilities in 2013.

CEO says there’s less business going into the reinsurance market, and there’s more appetite from both traditional players and newcomers.

Obamacare has always depended, both operationally and politically, on an alliance between the administration and insurance companies. But that alliance is vulnerable.

Net income rose to $988 million, or $2.70 a share, from $304 million, or 78 cents, a year earlier.

Tropics completes conversion, implementation of policy, billing and claims software.

Novel and more accessible forms of information from government and private sources represent a new and rapidly growing piece of the big-data puzzle.

Competitive advantage comes from being able to answer any question at any time.

While only three insurers make the list, their ranks improve from last year.

UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, said earnings rose 15 percent, boosted by growth in its Optum technology business as well as enrollment gains.

One out of four cloud vendors may not be around a year from now. Will your data be there?

Four industry standouts landed in the top 10 of FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for work-from-home opportunities/telecommuting jobs in 2013.

Through its acquisition of Nest, Google soon will have access to even more personal data, positioning it to potentially enter the homeowners’ insurance market.

In newly created position, Denise Garth will be responsible for launching the firm’s innovation practice.

Business interruption and natural catastrophes pose the biggest threats, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer; for the first time, cybercrime and reputational loss enter the top 10 risks in United States.

Chief distribution officer says company is "moving a bit upscale into a more mass-affluent space, incorporating retirement planning into the protection focus."

Through a a one-year contract, with an initial payment of $45 million, Accenture will take over construction of healthcare.gov.

Health insurers are in a tough place; asking the administration for a break is almost begging members of both parties to beat the snot out of them, but unless the administration bails them out they look set to lose quite a bit of money next year.

In a recovering economy and armed with strong capital positions, life insurers and annuity providers should take the opportunity to become more customer centric through technology innovation, industry experts say.

Insurers will prioritize analytics, mobile and three other next-generation technologies in 2014, says Strategy Meets Action. Find out how the research and consulting firm came to these five.Throughout January, as SMA Founder Deb Smallwood details each of the five next-generation technologies — the current landscape of the technology, opportunities and challenges that come with the technology and action items for insurers.First up, Analytics and Big Data.