The history of innovation in insurance has largely been shaped by advances made in technology external to the industry.

Expected benefits include improved customer service and lower IT costs resulting from consolidated and standardizing billing systems and processes on a common platform.

On the final day of the IASA conference, the team chats with insurance IT experts on why the cloud is gaining momentum in core systems and how the industry can become more innovative.

Agent, MGA and broker portal has been deployed to the Microsoft Azure cloud to control infrastructure costs.

This addition to the Fineos AdminSuite is designed to support group, voluntary and individual billing on a single platform, the company said.

On day 2 of the IASA Educational Conference and Business Show, the team looks at the opportunities for drones and other emerging technologies to shake up insurance.

The partnership is intended to help insurers extend connectivity with brokers and agents.

The insurance-specific platform is intended to help insurers uncover and operationalize data assets and deploy pre-integrated analytics solutions.

Alaska National Insurance and Canopius Underwriting Agency are using the vendor's technology.

The Telematics Analyzer system helps insurers collect, analyze and score telematics data from any source.

A rollout of the Accenture software in commercial lines completes a full consolidation of claims systems across business lines.

On day 1 of the 2015 IASA Educational Conference and Business Show, attendees discussed some of the new and exciting technology developments that are poised to shake up the insurance industry. 

OdometerConfirm automatically collects, verifies and transmits VIN and mileage data.

Insurance carriers are increasingly doubling as venture capitalists, identifying and supporting startup technology companies that promise to shake up the industry.

The insurance company that paid $4.125 million for Cottage Health System to settle a class action lawsuit following a large data breach now wants its money back.

The P&C insurer will deploy the system in a cloud model.

The P&C insurer is using Sapiens Reinsurance to increase the efficiency of its reinsurance business and related processes and improve data accessibility.

The New Zealand insurer implemented PolicyCenter and BillingCenter in 2013.

Using data, we have “the opportunity to transform our health care system in unprecedented ways,” the DHS secretary said at the Health Datapalooza conference in Washington.

In the second part of this exclusive interview, Alyssa Pei, partner at A.T. Kearney, discusses emerging technology, privacy and regulatory concerns, as well as the gaps between insurers, regulators and consumers.