In a down economy, insurance fraud is on the increase, but companies such as Allstate, Erie Insurance and CNA tune their technology to fight fraud and organized crime.

The new form of computing requires the same management and due diligence as any IT engagement, but insurers are finding areas in which to apply it.

The agency management system, AMS360, is expected to begin delivering by the end of this year.

‘Insurance Scorecard’ to offer business intelligence, advanced analytics, and single view of policy, claims data.

Independent agency selects cloud-based phone system in an attempt to increase mobility and improve communications, customer service.

Symetra Life Insurance Company purchased and is implementing FastTrack software from GettingHired LLC; the software is designed for employees on short- or long-term disability looking for help in returning to the workforce.

Despite approving additional share repurchases last week, insurer still considering deals similar to those made by WellPoint and Cigna earlier this year.

Two new studies amplify the benefits—especially for women—of working with financial advisors, and provide insight into a changing demographic for life insurers.

With a mobile app created by Streebo using IBM Web Experience software, ANICO expects to provide its sales force with what it needs to reach new customers.

Company seeks $7.4 billion for assets; Manulife Financial, AIA Group and KB Financial listed as interested buyers.

Analytics increasingly provide competitive differentiation for insurers and are at the heart of the industry’s transformation to a more customer-centric business model, according to “Data and Analytics in Insurance: The Dawn of a New Era,” from Strategy Meets Action.

Awareness of bank-sold life insurance improves; carriers designing simple products could benefit, LIMRA reports.

Insurers' measured moves to the cloud are building confidence in the platform as concerns move from security to risk management.

Chubb, Principal Financial and four others announce second-quarter results.

In a recent survey of data center facility managers, IT leaders and C-suite executives, consolidating servers and updating mechanical infrastructures appeared on the vast majority of to-do lists.

A recent survey found cyber attack to be among the world's top five threats, which means insurers have a big responsibility to help others, as well as themselves.

App designed to provide insurers with business performance analytics.

Study indicates outperforming organizations are twice as effective at accessing and drawing insights from data.

Congress aims to make crop insurance program more generous as farmers experience devastating droughts.

To successfully deliver e-signatures and e-delivery applications, insurers should begin by implementing them in a single process or product, according to a strategic analysis released by ACORD and developed by international law firm Locke Lord LLP.