Insurer fears negative publicity if the former AIG CEO continues lawsuit against the federal government.

Trying to define a data scientist's duties is tough but it can be even tougher to find someone with the proper skills to carry them out—here's some advice.

U.S. commercial lines insurance underwriting performance also improved moderately last year, according to Fitch’s review of initial industry financial results for 2012, indicating that a market turn is taking hold, citing a second year of material premium growth and signs that loss ratios reached a cyclical peak in 2011 as indicators.

Nearly all claims solutions are noted as offering the 14 basic kinds of functionality, as well as many of the 11 kinds of advanced and additional functionalities.

For the first time since the dot com bust, Janco’s metrics show that hiring by CIOs is at a standstill — there is a high degree of uncertainty in the economic climate.

Insurer invests in policy admin overhaul, including underwriting, billing and claims management.

Actions against four large mortgage insurers is only the beginning as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looks to squash deals between reinsurers and mortgage insurers.

Bad driving habits and trends are diminishing among teens, according to a new report on teen driver safety released by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm. From 2008 to 2011 the number of teen passengers killed in crashes not wearing seat belts decreased 23 percent, the number of teen passengers driven by a peer who had been drinking declined 14 percent, and 30 percent fewer teen passengers were killed in crashes involving a teen driver.

Commercial rates increased 5 percent, while personal lines prices were up 4 percent last month, according to MarketScout’s monthly Market Barometer.

PolicyCenter, BillingCenter designed to leverage automated underwriting rules and increase real-time functionality.

Big data maturity levels among insurers are perfectly split, according to the report, with 25 percent falling under each category: exploring, experimenting, deploying and expanding. This means the insurers find themselves a little ahead, as 38 percent of banks surveyed are reportedly still exploring big data while only 13 percent are expanding its use.

While 40 percent of Americans expect health care reform to have a major effect on their lives, 90 percent don’t know when the new exchanges will open, according to a new study.

With questionable claims numbers and fraud costs expected to grow through 2016, Aite Group outlines emerging techniques and technologies to stem the tide.

Company launches Bolt Platform, an online sales and client service platform, is designed to make real-time access available to all stakeholders.

Center of Excellence designed to bring analytics into companies' everyday decision-making processes.

Starting in 2014, workers at companies with fewer than 100 employees were supposed to have been able to choose from a variety of health plans through new small-business insurance marketplaces.

New version designed to complement governance, risk appetite measurement and assessment services.

Data-driven analytics company for health care and insurers launches iPad app, Q-Metrics dashboard.

Emerging markets, with low interest rates and minimal market penetration, present best opportunities; products fail to thrive in United States.

While the large number of catastrophes is prompting some specialty carriers to exit more challenging lines, cyber-liability insurance continues to see double-digit growth.