Insurance carriers are increasingly doubling as venture capitalists, identifying and supporting startup technology companies that promise to shake up the industry.

Michael Tipsord, State Farm president and chief operating officer, will succeed Edward B. Rust Jr. as chief executive officer in September.

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Millennials now represent the largest percentage of the U.S. workforce and have new set of expectations regaring giving and receiving services.

Company's IT operations currently under auspices of interim CIO Gerald Shields, former CIO of Aflac.

Barry Stowe previously was CEO of Prudential’s Asian division; he will relocate from Hong Kong and remains on the board.

The professional services firm intends to offer data and analytics products and services to customers and deliver 100 data and analytics jobs to Dublin, Ireland.

Once it becomes socially normal to have a personal relationship with an artifical intelligence, insurers’ (and many other service industries’) sales and service processes will change dramatically

Insurers are in a great position to lead in getting real business results from big data and analytics investments, as these 10 carriers demonstrate.

Insurers fearful of security events must double down on staff training to deter easily preventable social engineering hacks, experts say.

The executive came up through the investments organization and now has responsibility for insurance and agency operations.

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Betsy Ward is expanding her role as chief enterprise risk officer to include chief actuary as Isadore Jermyn retires after 34 years with the insurer.

Women in Insurance Leadership winner Belen Tokarski will be responsible for customer service and operational excellence for the online specialty insurer.

New president of North American life insurance Cheryl Neal led a life division at Liberty Mutual and has also worked at HSBC and Morgan Stanley.

IBEXI has sold Sapiens IDIT suite for seven years, and will expand Sapiens ability to deliver products and services in the Asia-Pacific region.

James Blackledge will replace Dan Neary effective April 1; Neary to continue as chairman.

Six insurers in total have been recognized by the National Association for Female Executives for policies, practices and the number of women reaching the upper echelons of management.

Financial leaders offer comments and remembrances; Benmosche’s career brought him to Chase Manhattan Bank, PaineWebber, MetLife and AIG.

Benmosche came out of retirement in August 2009 to take over a company reeling from losses on failed housing-market bets, and led the insurer for half a decade.