For insurers, the key is to step up with new types of ways to think about offerings.

Former personal lines president Paul Krump takes over the COO position until the merger is completed.

The company will move 300 positions in group operations out of Switzerland by the end of 2018 as part of the $1 billion cost reductions announced in May.

A lack of planning, deficiencies in key skills, insufficient funding, and a paucity of communications and collaboration with the business make renovation of IT infrastructure a challenge for enterprises of all sizes.

The company will look for a replacement among outside candidates with deep knowledge of the industry, chairman Tom de Swaan said.

INN takes a look at change agents across insurance who are leading the initiatives that will shape the industry for the next decades.

Two separate recent studies on data analytics find that analytics is central to business strategy among leading organizations, and the focus on people is critical for that success.

The initiative is patterned after a similar strategy at John Hancock, its U.S. division.

Six IT students at four-year universities will be given the cash assistance.

The insurer has bought ikaSystems, a business processes services provider for health payers.

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The life insurance company launched its LOFT -- Lab of Forward Thinking -- this month. Ace Moghimi, director of strategy and delivery, takes INN inside.

Switzerland’s biggest insurer has hired the London firm MWM Consulting to conduct the search, he Swiss business magazine Bilanz reported Thursday.

Separately, Zurich last week announced 200 job cuts at the general-insurance business.

What most boards don’t have is a committee that focuses on what many now believe to be the most impactful company function of all – technology.

The specialty insurance brokerage has elevated Steve Sampiere after former CIO moves to CFO position.

While noting that his company is hiring from Google and Amazon in order to spend it's $153 million tech budget effectively, the industry overall, Wilson says, is far behind other sectors when it comes to technology innovation.

About 250 volunteers took part in the insurer's second-annual “Geek-A-Thon,” which helps provide technology tools and training to thousands of North Carolina schoolchildren without access at home.

Some carriers have recognized the challenge associated with attracting key talent to smaller markets and have taken the offensive to open satellite facilities that are in locations closer to where “the action” is.

Data-related jobs are the hottest part of a hot IT job market, according to research.