Insurer looks to replace legacy claims management system, implement enterprise data mastery technology.

The individual annuity market continues to be hyper-competitive, with technology playing an ever-larger role in insurers’ ability to attract, retain, and profitably serve clients, according to a new market trends report from Novarica, titled “Business and Technology Trends: Individual Annuity.”

Attunity Ltd., a leading provider of information availability software solutions, has announced a new partnership with HP as well as the availability of its enhanced Attunity Click-2-Load software for HP Vertica.

Composite rates for P&C, personal lines and other individual categories decline in the absence of CAT events

The VP of underwriting for the commercial insurers shares her thoughts on being a woman in insurance, challenges leaders face and how to encourage creative thinking.

An insurer upgrades its data architecture and finds a competitive advantage through faster insights.

The United States added 11,000 IT jobs in July; insurance added 2,700, according to BLS data.

Improving product development and reducing dependence on legacy systems are some of the reasons L/H/A insurers now are pulling the trigger on policy administration projects, according to a new report from Novarica.

Five tips for developing an intelligent big data storage system.

The newly released data software is designed to offer 1,700 attributes to support new model development and refine segmentation.

Insurance aggregation platform looks to Informatica Cloud to accelerate process automation.

Allstate and CNA report net income increases; MetLife profits plummet from derivatives losses; two other insurers announce results.

When "modern era" computer systems were developed decades ago, many didn't realize that they would still be running insurers' business in the 21st Century. Developers hardly foresaw what was to come. To compete today, insurers have two options: patch or replace. Well there is a third … obsolescence.

Specialty insurer makes purchase in an attempt to improve claims results by supplementing its auto direct repair program.

The vast majority of financial institutions do not believe their data technology is very effective, according to a global risk survey from Deloitte.

Most other regions declined, as did the Marsh Risk Management Global Insurance Index, Marsh said.

Front-end systems and devices for customer engagement are getting more sophisticated, but back-end integration challenges are preventing insurers from taking advantage of them, survey shows.

Among life/annuity insurers, distribution is an area increasingly attractive for analytics investments. More than half of life/annuity insurers surveyed by Strategy Meets Action say they're currently investing in analytics technology to supplement distribution.

AIG and Principal are making moves to limit their proprietary trading and investments, attempting to appease regulators just as MetLife, The Hartford and Allstate have done before them.

The technology, legal framework and customer expectations have reached a point where carriers need to implement e-signature capabilities, according to Novarica.