When big commercial insurers develop cyber risk coverage for their clients, IT helps illustrate the problem and identify solutions. CNA and XL Group take us inside their processes.

Premera Blue Cross, serving the Northwest and Alaska, was hacked beginning last May, and even more sensitive data was exposed than in the Anthem hack.

The insurer plans test flights near Bloomington, Illinois; could use drones to assess roof damage claims and respond to natural disasters.

The announcement today counts 14.1 million people who have enrolled in private plans or expanded Medicaid coverage since 2013, and 2.3 million young adults who were allowed to stay on parent's health plans until the age of 26.

The Touchstone catastrophe modeling platform and suite of CAT models will be rolled out across the organization to support a range of risk management needs.

Commercial lines prices have only risen 2% in the past year, and for workers' comp, even that would be good, says Towers Watson.

More than a third of visitors to Healthcare.Gov came through a tablet or smartphone, said CEO Kevin Counihan -- and they are converting to sales.

Regulators, industry representatives and others are encouraged offer perspectives, insights and recommendations to inform and shape emerging regulations.

New technology such as adaptive cruise control, automatic braking, parking assist, lane departure warning and blind-spot alerts will reduce fender benders and other incidents.

Online platform automates the submission process for insureds, agents, brokers and carrier partners.

The Native-American-owned insurer will implement SurePower Innovation in the cloud as part of a core administration and automation project.

Building a strong relationship with the insurance industry has been a top priority for Sylvia Burwell since becoming the head of HHS nine months ago, she said at America's Health Insurance Plans' national health policy conference this week.

Sixty-one percent of CIOs want to hire chief data officers (CDOs) within the next 12 months. At a high level, CDOs oversee how data is gathered, managed, protected, and monetized. But what else fits into a CDO job description? Here are 15 requirements for the position.

The state-run insurer has rolled out InsuranceSuite as part of an organization-wide transformation initiative, including underwriting, policy administration, billing and claims management.

Companies have resisted providing data to the government about hacking attacks out of concern that they could be sued if they accidentally included private information about their customers, or accused of violating antitrust laws.

Google can't use aggregation-based connections with insurance companies to decipher their rating and risk management strategies -- but it might not need to.

Quicksolver will be used to support 27 types of coverage for entertainment production companies in 50 states; intended to cut quote-to-bind times and simplify rating and filing processes.

Insurance coverage will transition from Personal Lines (where people do the driving) to Commercial Lines (where the manufacturer is responsible for the safety and accuracy of the vehicle).

Wood Mackenzie, based in Edinburgh, would strengthen Verisk’s analytics business, which focuses on the property and casualty-insurance industry.

Omni-channel capabilities are intended to unify online, mobile and contact-center channels and connect those channels with core insurance systems in real time, EIS Group said.