Google intrigue, Snapshot news, and biometrics were among the most-read stories this year on Insurance Networking News.

Nearly all organizations recognize the value in the data they hold, but a large percentage struggle with what to do about it.

The curriculum will provide students with advanced technical expertise in managing, modeling and visualizing big data.

Is it time for insurance companies to start gravitating away from the business of managing large data centers to depend on the cloud?

SNL's data model is mapped directly to Accenture's core systems software in alliance.

More than two-thirds of organizations say there is a global shortage of skilled cyber security professionals.

David Zona had been chief underwriting officer.

As carriers employ drones, IoT devices, and wearables, they must understand and address the potential exposures from theft of the related information.

Divisional CIOS must provide leadership and leverage their intimate knowledge of their business units needs with their knowledge of technologies and vendor capabilities.

The insurer is also pursuing drone technology stateside.

Over the next five years, the industries forecast to have the fastest IoT spending growth will be insurance, healthcare and consumer goods.

The multiline insurer has selected a software-as-a-service model.

The self-insurance arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has completed a modernization project.

The insurer will use the platform for risk management.

The carrier revamped core systems for its commercial lines.

The company has opened a Watson global headquarters in Munich to be nearer the insurer and other partners.

The companies partnered to raise the profile of insurance as a big data industry with the next generation of tech professionals. Check out what an insurance hackathon looks like.

The specialty insurer also is using Guidewire for underwriting.

Big data, the cloud, mobile technology and IT security continued to grab the lion’s share of technology headlines in 2015, and IT and data leaders can expect more of the same in 2016.

Not only is the API economy delivering business advantages, but also elevating the careers of IT professionals from systems maintenance roles to digital “provocateurs.”