Cloud applications and Web services help insurers improve their time to market. They can launch new products and services, and address competitive pressures proactively.

Progressive has been licensing UBI intellectual property since December 2012.

Maximizing IT’s value requires realistic expectations and transparency, as well as planning and decision making that are aligned with business goals, according to PwC.

The specialty insurer can now use location parameters, policy type, limits and other attributes to deliver rich, contact-sensitive information to underwriters.

Talon designed to help the reinsurer target and price new markets.

Some call it nostalgia. Others call it stuck in a bygone era. No matter which, we all have to come to terms with the fact that the world has changed due to technology and we all need to evolve or be lost in history.

Agent and consumer portals, business intelligence and core systems revamps are top priorities, as personal lines insurers concentrate on growth, expense reduction and improving underwriting results, Novarica says.

Berkshire to pay $285 million for variable annuities business, as The Hartford continues to divest in an attempt to focus on property/casualty operations.

Insurers are encountering two obstacles in employing more predictive analytics: a lack of both top-level support and appropriate skill sets.

Since the option to buy commercial insurance materialized online, the segment has become more open to the new channel as it prioritizes price and convenience, according to Novarica research.

Aite Group research recommends smaller insurers leverage new technologies to eliminate disadvantages of scale; describes opportunities to cut losses and 10 startups offering applications to address those opportunities.

A guide to the various options insurers have when attempting to tackle lacking data quality, inconsistent formats and fragmented sources.

New data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau ranks the 15 places in the United States with the most vehicle thefts.

P&C impairments see significant drop from the 34 reported for 2011; however, auto writers and risk retention groups continued to struggle, according to recent A.M. Best report.

State Farm, AAA and Allstate also included in the top 100 of Temkin's 2013 Trust Ratings.

Florida Commission certifies AIR’s latest models for residential and commercial residential properties in the state.

New York Senator calls for FEMA to penalize insurers leaving the region.

A three-year move of 97 percent of a major insurer's applications and data is saving the company millions in the long-term.

Net gains reflect premium growth, increases in reserve releases and a decline in weather-related catastrophe losses, according to ISO data.

Workers' compensation has been the worst-performing segment among major commercial lines for some time, the rating agency says, but is set to improve over the remainder of the year.