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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.

ING U.S. Inc. promotes CRO Smith to CEO of the insurance unit as Butch Britton retires.

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association will form a combined provider network with Bupa that will include more than 11,500 hospitals in more than 190 countries.

Weill, who helped engineer the 1998 merger of insurer Travelers Group and Citicorp, was named chairman of the board at Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., which runs the reinsurer formerly run by hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen.

AFG to add specialist workers’ compensation carrier with market share in the Southeast.

In a stabilizing economy and armed with strong capital positions, P&C insurers should increase their focus on establishing competitive advantage through innovation, according to Deloitte.

RSA Ireland CFO Rory O’Connor and Claims Director Peter Burke were dismissed yesterday, the London-based insurer said in a statement today.

The best insurers will achieve competitive advantage by developing the judgment and decision-making capabilities of their knowledge workers.

Exigen's suite of core systems is intended to improve operational efficiency, product distribution management and customer service.

Despite higher administrative costs and uncertainty associated with HIX rollouts, A.M. Best forecasts top-line growth of as much as 5 percent.

Enough talk about cloud and big data analytics — insurers want to see execution.