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      3 Reasons Insurance Carriers Should Bet on Mobile Technology
      In order to remain profitable, productive and competitive, insurers have seen the need to develop mobile capabilities to meet rapidly changing customer expectations.
    • Architecture/Infrastructure News

      • A Comeback for Native Mobile Apps in Insurance?
      • Insurance CIOs Are Reshaping Their IT Organizations to Fit the Times
      • Fireman's Fund's Three D's: Demand, Design, Delivery
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      • Managing Marketing's IT Spend
      • What Big Data Means For Infrastructure Costs
      • What Was Insurance Tech Like Before the PC?
      • 5 Issues For Insurers Migrating to Hosted Private Cloud
  • Policy Administration
    • Top Story

      4 Key Benefits of SaaS Automated Systems for Life Insurers
      The potential benefits of automated systems for new business and underwriting – in terms of speed, accuracy, cost reduction and improved service – make for a compelling value proposition.
    • Policy Administration News

      • Capital Insurance Goes Native for Mobile Experience
      • Guidewire-Millbrook Deal Signals Value of Data for Differentiation
      • Motorists Replaces Legacy Reinsurance System With Effisoft's WebXL
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      • Underwriting Technology Matures: The Birth and Rise
      • What Commercial Insurers Can Learn from Manufacturers
      • Insurance CIOs Should Turn Conventional Transformational Wisdom on its Head
      • After a Decade of M&A, CFG Emerges Unified on Sapiens ALIS Policy Administration System
  • Claims
    • Top Story

      Duck Creek Releases EXAMPLE Platform 4.1
      The new release will provide enhanced performance capabilities, owing to new efficiencies designed into EXAMPLE Platform 4.1's core infrastructure, according to the vendor.
    • Claims News

      • Moore Tornado May Spur CAT Reserving Regulatory Reform
      • Bulletin: Late May Tornadoes Could Hit $5 Billion in Insured Losses
      • Moore, Oklahoma Tornado Most Deadly Since Joplin, Missouri 2011
      More Claims News
    • Quick Links

      • Poor Insurance Customer Experience May Drive Away Customers - Capgemini Report
      • Inside the Sandy Claims Response: From the Front Lines
      • Unlocking the Door to Identity Management
      • Data Discoveries and Analytics Unite to Ignite Innovative Thinking in Financial Services
  • Management Strategies
    • Top Story

      New AXA Tech CTO Vincent Cohan Drives Global Focus
      Moving away from a more regional orientation, AXA’s IT services organization will provide worldwide network connectivity and management of IT assets, hardware and software, change control and incident management.
    • Management Strategies News

      • Aegon Appoints Americas Exec Global CTO
      • Aflac Announces Management Changes
      • Deloitte Appoints New Insurance Head
      More Management Strategies News
    • Quick Links

      • Voelker Keeps Progressive on Cutting Edge
      • ING Names Former AIG Exec CEO of U.S. Insurance
      • The Hanover Insurance Group Sells First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company
      • Insurance CIOs Embrace Their Role as Marketers
  • Risk Management
    • Top Story

      5 Ways Insurance Companies Can Make Mobile Capabilities More Secure for Policyholders
      Mobile capabilities for policyholders are table stakes. But serious questions remain about the security of the most popular consumer smartphone platforms. I&T checked in with the executives who live and breathe data security to find out how they balance cutting-edge mobile service offerings with security.
    • Risk Management News

      • Lincoln Financial Group Names New VP & Managing Director Of Portfolio Management Analytics
      • Aetna Names J.P. Morgan Vet New CISO
      • RMS Debuts the RMS (one) Real-Time Exposure and Risk Management Environment
      More Risk Management News
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      • Technology and History Accelerate Insurers' Risk Management Evolution
      • Genworth Financial Appoints New Chief Risk Officer and New Chief Actuary
      • Algorithmics Acquires Actuarial Software Solution Provider VIPitech from Towers Watson
      • 10 Big Data Migration Mistakes
  • Regulation
    • Top Story

      Generali Deutschland prepares for Solvency II with ERM platform
      Generali Deutschland prepares to meet new regulatory mandates by centralizing and streamlining actuarial functions with SunGard’s iWorks ERM Platform.
    • Regulation News

      • Moore Tornado May Spur CAT Reserving Regulatory Reform
      • Providence Health Plans Selects Colibrio's Tuo for Private Exchange
      • 6 Best Practices for Implementing Finance Software
      More Regulation News
    • Quick Links

      • Extending Underwriters’ Reach With Intelligent Underwriting
      • 8 Insurance Industry Impacts of Hurricane Andrew
      • Algorithmics Acquires Actuarial Software Solution Provider VIPitech from Towers Watson
      • Customer Insight A Key Competitive Advantage
  • Distribution
    • Top Story

      Agencyport CEO Identifies Barriers to Best Agent-Carrier Workflow
      Both vendors and insurers need to do a better job of innovating in order to provide the best experience to their agents, says Agencyport CEO Steve Hauck.
    • Distribution News

      • Progressive Wants to Innovate in Commercial Auto, Too
      • Protective Life Deploys iPipeline's iGO Drop Ticket to Streamline Agent Sales Process
      • Providence Health Plans Selects Colibrio's Tuo for Private Exchange
      More Distribution News
    • Quick Links

      • Unlocking the Door to Identity Management
      • AXA Equitable Launches Free iPhone Apps Designed to Help Women Track Financial Goals
      • Online Insurance Quote Applications Now Initiate a Majority of New Policy Sales
      • One in 4 Want to Close Life Insurance Sales Online: LIMRA
  • Customer Insight
    • Top Story

      XL Adopts SAS Visual Analytics to Get a Jump on Big Data's Potential
      The SAS tool will foster a partnership of exploration between XL's analytics team and underwriters to leverage data for "enormous" competitive advantage and shareholder value, says XL SVP.
    • Customer Insight News

      • 4 Ways Driverless Cars Are Poised to Shake up Insurance
      • CUNA Mutual Uses SAS for TruStage Agency Customer Contact Strategy
      • 6 Trends That Emerged At ACORD LOMA 2013
      More Customer Insight News
    • Quick Links

      • Poor Insurance Customer Experience May Drive Away Customers - Capgemini Report
      • Data Discoveries and Analytics Unite to Ignite Innovative Thinking in Financial Services
      • In Depth: New York Life's Mobile Access Strategy
      • How Big Data Opens Up More Product Options to Insurers
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    Commentary & Analysis

      • 4 Key Benefits of SaaS Automated Systems for Life Insurers
        By Mitch Ludwig, Accenture Software. | May 23, 2013
        The potential benefits of automated systems for new business and underwriting – in terms of speed, accuracy, cost reduction and improved service –...
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      • 3 Reasons Insurance Carriers Should Bet on Mobile Technology
        By Tom Clayton, HP Exstream | May 22, 2013
        In order to remain profitable, productive and competitive, insurers have seen the need to develop mobile capabilities to meet rapidly changing customer...
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      • Can Electric Toothbrushes Yield Insurance-Relevant Data? One Company Thinks So
        By Nathan Golia | May 20, 2013
        Per AdAge, at least one insurance company has partnered with an electric toothbrush manufacturer to share brushing data.
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      • 4 Steps to Incorporate Big Data Into Insurance Marketing
        By Kristen Hambelton, Neolane | May 17, 2013
        While insurance marketers have long used data to segment and target customers, analyzing and acting on this data offers even more.
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      • First Major Tornado Outbreak Levels Homes, Kills 6 in Texas
        By Nathan Golia | May 16, 2013
        Insurance loss estimates have yet to be released for storms that hit a community southwest of Fort Worth last night.
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      • Big Data for Fraud Detection
        By James Ruotolo, SAS | May 16, 2013
        Insurers have lots of data, and they are finding new ways to leverage it. High-performance analytics technology is inspiring a whole new set of fraud detection...
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      • 5 Market Forces Driving Change in Insurance Carriers' Strategy — Deloitte
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 15, 2013
        Gary Shaw, Deloitte's new insurance industry lead, talks about major market forces that the consulting firm's clients face.
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      • Agile Financial Management: Re-visioning the Budget Process
        By Peter Witham, UNIT4 Business Software | May 15, 2013
        To create an accurate budget you need visibility into a single set of data and the ability to see clear across your organization – regardless of...
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      • Would You Insure a Flying Car?
        By Nathan Golia | May 14, 2013
        At a time when the auto insurance industry is evaluating the potential impact of autonomous vehicles, there are actually "flying cars" being produced.
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      • Information as a Game Changer: Actuarial Analytics — Score Keeping, or Trusted Advice?
        By Paul Delbridge, Mark Purowitz, Punita Gandhi and Caitlin Marcoux, PwC | May 10, 2013
        There is a great opportunity to more effectively utilize actuaries’ advanced analytics and modelling expertise, and thereby change actuaries’ role...
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      • The Hartford CEO: "We've Planned for Higher CATs This Year" (Video)
        By Nathan Golia | May 10, 2013
        The Hartford CEO Liam McGee tells Fox Business that the company expects weather to "be more severe this year"
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      • Where Do Insurers Find Innovative Ideas?
        By Nathan Golia | May 08, 2013
        Insurer ACORD LOMA attendees agree on the best place to find dynamic, innovative ideas within the insurance organization.
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      • Another Case for Native Apps
        By Nathan Golia | May 08, 2013
        Consumers want anytime, anywhere access to products including insurance, but don't want to waste space on their devices. Can insurers make the case?
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      • Underwriting Technology Matures: The Birth and Rise
        By Gail McGiffin, Ernst & Young LLP | May 07, 2013
        The next generation of underwriting talent will grow and thrive not by the oral history passed along from the prior generation, but by the ability to provide an...
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      • A Comeback for Native Mobile Apps in Insurance?
        By Nathan Golia | May 07, 2013
        One vendor at ACORD LOMA says insurers should embrace the app model even though it can be difficult to encourage policyholder adoption.
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      • What Commercial Insurers Can Learn from Manufacturers
        By Gail McGiffin, Ernst & Young LLP | May 06, 2013
        Advances in the manufacturing industry provide a model for insurers to build innovative products.
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      • AXA's New Life HQ Places Premium on Innovation
        By Nathan Golia | May 03, 2013
        The new headquarters for AXA Equitable's Life Operations is built around facilitating an innovative culture.
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      • Insurer Group: Sharing Telematics Data Must Be Opt-In
        By Nathan Golia | May 03, 2013
        The Association of British Insurers tells its members that getting "explicit consent" from policyholders is a best practice when sharing telematics data outside...
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      • Insurance CIOs Should Turn Conventional Transformational Wisdom on its Head
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 03, 2013
        X by 2's Ram Sundaram says insurers pursuing IT transformation should do the opposite of five rules that represent conventional wisdom.
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      • Further Thoughts on Quindell’s iter8 Bet
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 01, 2013
        The U.K.-based vendor's acquisition of a distribution technology leader gives it a strong foothold, but succeeding in both geographies won't be easy.
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      • Signal to Noise: Nate Silver Offers Lesson on Controlling Big Data Complexity
        By Stuart Rose, SAS | April 30, 2013
        Simply adding more variables can amplify meaningless feedback and add complexity. Profitable use of big data for improved pricing accuracy and enhanced customer...
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      • 3 Ways to Drive Sales Via Agent Social Media
        By Clara Shih, Hearsay Social | April 28, 2013
        Successful agents differentiate themselves by building social media best practices into their regular routine to prospect, connect, and grow their customer base...
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      • A Tribute to the Courageous Tripathi Family
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 26, 2013
        The brave and loving family of our friend inspires us and many others through great strength despite their terrible loss.
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      • Fads Versus Reality: What's the Best Way to Boost Workforce Productivity?
        By Kathy Burger | April 26, 2013
        There's been much debate about the best way to encourage employee productivity. Insurance & Technology's IT Resource Management Guide offers insights into this...
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      • 4 Health Insurance Reform Concerns Technology Can Address
        By Martyn Christian, Kofax | April 26, 2013
        Technology will offer the healthcare industry a means to fast-track the Affordable Care Act by delivering customer-driven processes that leverage information...
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    News

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    • 5 Ways To Get Big Data Plans Moving
    • Bulletin: Late May Tornadoes Could Hit $5 Billion in Insured Losses
    • Aegon Appoints Americas Exec Global CTO
    • CIO Tough Love: Agility Demands Increasing
    • Progressive Wants to Innovate in Commercial Auto, Too
    • Medicare Proffers $1 Billion For Healthcare Innovation Projects
    • Aflac Announces Management Changes
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    • Lincoln Financial Group Names New VP & Managing Director Of Portfolio Management Analytics
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