An interview on big data challenges with Celent senior insurance analyst Mike Fitzgerald.

The slow pace of innovation leaves insurers vulnerable to disruption.

The new wave of digital technologies is sending a clear message to even the most recalcitrant insurers: Go digital or go home.

Overall losses from natural catastrophes were $110 billion, well below the inflation-adjusted average values of the past ten years, according to Munich Re, the German insurer.

Rick Roberts, director of risk management for Ensign-Bickford, has served on the nonprofit’s board for seven years.

A combination of open source big data tools and proprietary analytic appliances are helping the insurer to avoid millions of dollars in losses that would likely have otherwise escaped detection.

Having passed both the House and Senate, the Terrorism Risk Insurance and National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers acts advance toward Presidential approval.

New study shows data center growth will soon peak, and then decline. What will take their place?

The legislation, which includes a measure to enact the NARAB Reform Act of 2015, now moves to the U.S. Senate for approval, after it expired on Dec., 31, 2014.

Each year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) conducts a survey to identify the top policy and technology issues facing state government. The resulting list is particularly interesting, especially when compared/contrasted to corporate CIO priorities.While corporate CIOs are pushing hard into Big Data and other applications to improve the customer experience, State CIOs are balancing customer engagements with continued budget and government policy challenges.Here’s a closer look at the Top 10 State CIO Priorities for 2015. Source: NASCIO.

The migration will support the company’s move from general to specialty casualty and is intended to facilitate margin optimization and loss control.

The bill now goes to the Senate for a vote that would send the measure to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.

Independent insurance agents are increasingly vulnerable to digital disruption, according to a new Accenture survey.

Berkshire is already among the largest reinsurers of asbestos and environmental policies.

Buried by data, insurers are turning to enterprise content management solutions to better manage it all.

Reinsurers are seeking to shore up earnings as lower losses from natural disasters and a greater availability of capital weigh on prices.

Claim supervisors face challenges in making time to perform their most important task, according to Towers Watson survey

After Months of rate increases, MarketScout says a softer market will require insurers to plan for slight rate decreases at the end of the first quarter and through the end of the new year.

New platform intended to provide centralized, streamlined and automated processing for more than 30 years of data.

The new directors will help extend the CO-OP’s services and offerings to its members.