Sam Medina begins a 3-part series on Transforming the IT Investment Budget in order to fund new programs and initiatives without the necessity of additional capital expense.

Life insurance in advanced economies will return to growth this year as sales in the United States reverse a contraction, spurring returns for providers.

Bill recognizes some consumers may need or want to buy health insurance off the exchange without having had a special qualifying event.

The state is considering defaulting to HealthCare.gov, even as it pours millions of dollars into a last-ditch attempt to fix its dysfunctional HIX.

In today's competitive marketplace, insurers must be able to measure what's working and what isn’t with their mobile engagements.

Mobile opens up new avenues of interaction with customers, as well as adding a new dimension to internal operations.

All companies are aware of the growing risk of cyberattacks, yet few are taking the steps necessary to protect critical information. The key? Senior managers need to lead.

This growing combination of real-time data collection from remote sources, wireless connectivity and analytics could affect virtually every aspect of insurance.

The increase in time being spent interacting online via social media channels represents one of the greatest new business opportunities of all time. But for the insurance industry, it may represent one its greatest challenges.

By 2015, most mobile applications will synchronize, collect and analyze deep data about users and their social graphs, according to Gartner Inc.

Satisfaction highest among 'Loyal Advice Seekers;' Auto-Owners, State Farm and The Hartford lead the pack, J.D. Power says.

Most had been without coverage for at least two years and 72 percent decided to buy health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act, according to Kaiser Family Foundation.

The new world of metadata is like the old world of metadata except that it has many more data sources – and just like data from packaged software, the business has no control over the data definitions of the new sources.

The applications will be deployed using the company’s SaaS platform.

By unlocking the value of petabytes of patient-specific data, health insurance plans will be able to help members to achieve their health care goals, says presenter at America’s Health Insurance Plans Institute 2014.

Fifty-six percent of health insurers responding to the survey said they will use a single-carrier private HIX as a sales channel for their products before year's end.

Insurers reveal what technology initiatives are on their horizons and what technological challenges keep them up at night.

Global risks remain and insurers still need government backstop, according to Guy Carpenter; reform bill raises trigger for attacks.

A year after the policy began, 31 percent of those 19 to 25 told federal researchers they were in excellent physical health, compared with 27 percent on average from 2002 to 2009.

To overcome challenges, the team set up a war room, permanently staffed by representatives of all entities involved with Healthcare.gov, for real-time decision making.