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.

Commercial drones are photographing sporting events, monitoring construction sites and performing other aerial chores even though the Federal Aviation Administration is as many as two years away from issuing final regulations to govern their use.

The global reinsurer will deploy Launchpad Marketing Cloud, a multi-channel marketing platform designed to enable clients to select prospects and policyholder audiences to market life insurance.

Carriers are polarized by the new Google Compare for auto insurance aggregator – but the search giant is hoping key partnerships will help it gain credibility.

For on-premises needs, the latest technologies, including flash, solid state drives, and in-memory computing offer new ways to provide rapid access to new data.

The insurer has consolidated multiple claims platforms on Guidewire to streamline claims management.

Six insurers in total have been recognized by the National Association for Female Executives for policies, practices and the number of women reaching the upper echelons of management.

Today's launch of the Google Compare auto insurance comparison site represents a watershed moment in the U.S. insurance industry.

The life insurer will implement PolicyHS to streamline change requests for inforce policies.

The Supreme Court case King v. Burwell, which challenges the legality of subsidies available for individuals purchasing health insurance on the federal exchange under the Affordable Care Act, could rock the stability of the health insurance market. Arguments will be heard today.

P&C insurer will implement InsuranceSuite and DataHub; PwC to assist with implementation.

Two-thirds of insurance companies intend to increase staff in 2015, according to the “Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor Outlook Study,” conducted by recruiting firm The Jacobson Group and industry benchmarking firm Ward Group. That is an increase of eight points since the July 2014 survey and the highest rate since 2009, when the survey began.

A process is also in the works to provide funds to homeowners who disputed insurance payments without suing.

Genworth is struggling to contain the damage and on Monday warned of a “material weakness” in some of its accounting.

With fewer recent CAT events, insurers have been applying lessons learned to managing non-catastrophic claims, according to a survey from J.D. Power, resulting in the third-consecutive year of higher customer claims satisfaction.

A growing number of New York and New Jersey homeowners have accused insurers of rejecting or underpaying flood-insurance claims based on falsified engineering reports.

Financial leaders offer comments and remembrances; Benmosche’s career brought him to Chase Manhattan Bank, PaineWebber, MetLife and AIG.

The company also put out a HITECH Act notice over the weekend detailing the identity protection services it will provide affected customers.

Policy admin system chosen for ease of integration and speed of implementation, insurer says.