Private health care exchanges are here to stay but debate remains over whether employers should move their employees to private exchanges, as well as the adviser’s role in working with them.

Optimizing application development and maintenance can reduce costs by more than 50 percent for organizations.

Networked sensors increasingly are being embedded in machines, buildings, cars and other objects, offering tech-savvy insurers new opportunities to understand and price risk, according Celent.

The Insurance Scorecard business intelligence and data warehousing application is designed for the P&C industry.

P&C insurer is implementing a billing system that encompasses the conversion of both personal and commercial lines data from its two legacy platforms.

For a successful analytics program, analytics professionals need to master a range of approaches and bring a variety of experiences to projects, as outlined by Gartner Analyst Carol Rozwell at the Gartner Business Intelligence & Analytics Summit 2014 earlier this month.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the early stages of looking at new vendors to potentially take over the operation of Healthcare.gov, when Accenture’s contract expires in January 2015.

The insurer now offers independent agents the opportunity to automatically download policy updates daily through Vertafore’s AMS360 and continues to retire old technologies.

Travelers, the only property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said profit climbed to a record in the first quarter on investments and expanding margins.

iGO for Final Expense is designed to improve selling and processing needs for Settlers' 3,000 independent insurance producers.

Infrastructure functions can reduce costs and improve service delivery through better demand management.

Industry experts say it's time to focus on the future rather than the rocky implementation.

Gartner CEO and senior executive survey shows that growth is the top priority, with executives displaying a “bullish” attitude toward technology-related business growth in 2014 and 2015.

The project delivers an upgrade from Windows XP to the Windows 7 operating system for more than 11,000 desktops.

The industry has a long way to go, with many obstacles to digitization. But the potential payoffs make it worth the work.

How information is presented to business users directly impacts how easily and efficiently they can answer their analytical questions.

Microsoft’s Analytics Platform System is the company's latest effort to beef up big data products for corporate clients.

The partnership will establish an offshore Center of Excellence in Bangalore.

The partnership will offer an RMIS product designed to improve workflow and decision-making.

Report says coverage is available and affordable, though the market is tightening due to uncertainty over reauthorization; insurance industry groups response mostly favorable.