Five initiatives related to the IoT were submitted. Three were focused on wellbeing, one on the connected home and one on drones.

James Kaplan, a principal in McKinsey’s New York office and one of the authors of Wiley & Sons’ “Beyond Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Digital Business,” recently posted a list of the books that influenced him as a business technologist. The list, with some of his comments on the books, follows.

Chuck Ruzicka last led the technology organization in the agency markets division of the carrier.

The Americas dominate the global market for IoT devices, accounting for 49% of the overall market share.

Insurers have made big steps in integrating the Internet of Things and smart devices into the business. Here are some of the most interesting initiatives of the year.

The deal is expected to close within six months.

Accenture's flagship administration platform for life insurance is now available in a cloud version on Microsoft Azure.

Although the potential opportunities and threats are vast and varied, a number of important themes emerge.

Insurance is changing: it will be lean and 'just in time,' driven by the Internet of Things, digitally delivered and serviced.

Former personal lines president Paul Krump takes over the COO position until the merger is completed.

Identification and response gaps by the health plans during the attacks were revealing, according to Deloitte, who conducted the test raid.

Rogers joined the company in 2008 as the Director of Information Security for Great American’s Annuity Group.

Insurance companies recognize that a number of outside companies are looking to carve out their own section of the insurance value chain.

Insurers did most of the legwork on telematics, but must identify more value than just premium discounts.

Arch will use the software to automate and integrate investment accounting, compliance monitoring, risk awareness, performance analysis, and multinational regulatory reporting across its global offices.

The selection extends the insurer's existing relationship with CSC for core systems.

The largest U.S. life insurer has invested $3.5 billion in renewable energy.

Worldwide business analytics services spending will reach $58.6 billion in 2015 and $101.9 billion in 2019, according to new research from International Data Corp

The insurance trade organization is trying to develop better flood maps.

Executives from XL Catlin, Navigators, ProSight Specialty and more discuss what's table stakes now to meet the digital demands of insurance customers in this exclusive INN roundtable.