Victims could includes millions of people who aren’t Anthem members, but used their Blue Cross or Blue Shield insurance in states, including Texas and Florida, where Anthem operates partnerships.

Financial strength, taking advantage of opportunistic ventures and market demand for products and channels ranked as the drivers of capital utilization decisions, according to Towers Watson.

The Allstate subsidiary, which offers a range of insurance products online, is beginning its Canadian push with auto insurance.

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Superfish uses image-recognition algorithms that watch where users point on their screens and suggest ads based on the images they’re looking at.

Along with Logiq3, MSG Global's acquisition of Tindal Associates brings it more than 100 life insurance customers.

Swiss Re and Allianz Life are giving their underwriting staff robust analytics tools that drive costs down and improve the customer experience.

Private insurers working in partnership with FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program have come under scrutiny over allegations they denied or rejected damage claims based on falsified reports.

Why are chief data officers (CDOs) in high demand – and how might their roles evolve within large enterprises worldwide? Some intriguing answers surfaced in “Dawn of the Chief Data Officer (CDO)” – a survey and research report from Experian. The survey involved 254 CIOs worldwide. Here are 10 key takeaways.

Anticipated benefits of the new core systems suite include greater automation and streamlined processing, faster time to market, improved data integrity and lower cost of ownership.

While mobile applications are seemingly everywhere, insurers – especially midsize and small ones – have been slow to adopt the technology. But some vendors now offer off-the-shelf products and services to push the technology and resulting savings to smaller insurers.

Matthew Eagle will be responsible for providing thought and resource leadership across the EMEA and AsiaPac regions and developing catastrophe modeling and analytics propositions.

Allstate and XL Group are among the growing number of insurers with executive teams devoted to cleaning and organizing data to facilitate enterprise analytics initiatives.

Supported by the Accenture Cloud Platform and using Microsoft Azure, the suite is intended to enhance underwriting effectiveness, reduce loss costs, improve customer retention and drive profitable growth.

Progressive telematics manager Dave Pratt walks INN through the company's new approach to acquiring Snapshot customers.

Mobile devices and apps provide immediate access to contextually relevant information, speed tasks and increase productivity by putting tools and other problem-solving capabilities into their users’ hands.

Obama signed an executive order intended to encourage companies to share information on Internet threats with one another and create a framework to help the private sector turn over data to federal agencies investigating data breaches.

Four tips on how to handle system users who are reluctant or openly resistant to change.

The swap is part of an effort to upgrade technology that also includes new e-mail software and stronger security.

The global reinsurer is moving from a homegrown system with BlackBerry phones to a MobileIron offering with Windows phones and a bring-your-own-device option.