Illustrations Suite, iGO e-App designed to modernize how agents market, sell and process products.

Announcement follows releases in Asia and the United Kingdom from earlier this year.

Insurance IT experts discuss the technology challenges insurers are facing, social business is demystified and several insurers make analytics, mobile moves.

The rating agency forecasts a calendar year combined ratio of 99.5 percent for 2013, which would make it the fourth year in the last 35 in which the market achieved an underwriting profit.

A new report from Saugatuck outlines the challenges BI has faced, and where BI operations are likely to settle within enterprises.

Xuber, the insurance software business of Xchanging plc, announced the launch of Xuber Analytics, a data analysis tool designed to provide commercial insurers with deeper insight into their business.

It may sound like an oversimplification to say that Data Mastery (DM) is the ability of an insurer to gain mastery of their data, so perhaps it would be better to say that DM is the ability of an insurer to gain business insight from raw data.

Gartner’s Harris-Ferrante, Celent’s Johnston and Novarica’s Josefowicz discussed and debated the changing insurance landscape, and suggested strategies and tactics for insurers.

Yesterday the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released a statement that suggested a renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) may not be necessary given the near-record industry surplus of nearly $600 billion. Today, the Insurance Information Institute responded by emphasizing the stability TRIA continues to provide.

IBM says software should enable the insurer to turn social media into an actionable communications channel.

High losses come despite a dramatic decrease in the number of tornadoes last month.

If you have been with a company that has acquired or merged with another, you have likely felt the pain that goes with merging systems and data sets — but does it need to be that difficult?

Berkshire Hathaway was listed fifth overall on the 2013 Fortune 500; Berkshire was the top-listed insurer out of the 36 that appeared overall. 11 insurers were landed in the top 100. In 2012, 14 insurers were in the top 100 and 46 were listed among the Fortune 500.

Ninety-eight percent of insurer respondents indicated that they have a woman serving in an executive position within their company, according the new “Women in Insurance Leadership Insight Report.” Yet, there is only one woman CEO at either a Fortune 500 or 1000 insurance company.

Reinsurance administration system to replace the insurer's current legacy system.

Insurer will customize and brand the mobile app while integrating it with their core back-end systems using existing Web services.

Downloadable geographic information system designed to offer map applications and big data visualization.

Amazon provides compliant expansion points while the business software provider will develop consultancy, tech support.

Personal lines also sees small increase; commercial property and workers’ compensation lines edged up to 6% increases.

INN developed the ranking in partnership with Celent, an independent business research and advisory service with a specialization in insurance technology. Celent facilitated survey development, data collection and analysis. The result is an insightful set of rankings based on objective peer review.