• Commentary/Analysis
  • News
  • Job Board
  • Video
  • Web Events
  • Industry Events
  • Slideshows
  • White Papers
  • About Us
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Insurance & Technology. Business Innovation Powered By Technology
  • Infrastructure
    • Top Story

      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
      More Architecture/Infrastructure News
    • Quick Links

      • 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
      More Policy Administration News
    • Quick Links

      • 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

      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.
    • 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

      • Big Data for Fraud Detection
      • Another Case for Native Apps
      • What Commercial Insurers Can Learn from Manufacturers
      • Video: Sentry Takes Risk Management Portal Mobile
  • Management Strategies
    • Top Story

      Jackson National Life's Rapid Growth Drives Facilities, IT Expansion
      As part of his effort to accommodate an IT organization under increasing demand, CIO Mark Clark envisions the creation of an innovation-friendly workspace to foster collaborative work.
    • Management Strategies News

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

      • 5 Market Forces Driving Change in Insurance Carriers' Strategy — Deloitte
      • AXA's New Life HQ Places Premium on Innovation
      • Insurance IT Pros Satisfied Despite Flat Salaries
      • A CIO’s First 100 Days: Seven Steps to Success
  • Risk Management
    • Top Story

      Video: Sentry Takes Risk Management Portal Mobile
      The mobile version of Sentry Insight is meant to give commercial lines customers greater access to their claims information.
    • 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
    • Quick Links

      • Technology and History Accelerate Insurers' Risk Management Evolution
      • Big Data Boosts Enterprise Risk Management
      • Badass Diamond Heist Boosts Case for Loss Control Tech
      • Making ERM Part of an Insurer's Culture Requires People, Not Just Technology
  • Regulation
    • Top Story

      5 Market Forces Driving Change in Insurance Carriers' Strategy — Deloitte
      Gary Shaw, Deloitte's new insurance industry lead, talks about major market forces that the consulting firm's clients face.
    • 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

      • After a Decade of M&A, CFG Emerges Unified on Sapiens ALIS Policy Administration System
      • 4 Health Insurance Reform Concerns Technology Can Address
      • Should Insurers Automate E-mail Deletion?
      • What Should Be on the P&C Agenda for 2013
  • Distribution
    • Top Story

      3 Ways to Drive Sales Via Agent Social Media
      Successful agents differentiate themselves by building social media best practices into their regular routine to prospect, connect, and grow their customer base — and reap the rewards of earned loyalty.
    • 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

      • Genworth Life Reduces Policy Cycle Times Nearly 70%
      • One in 4 Want to Close Life Insurance Sales Online: LIMRA
      • Giving Applied Systems/IVANS its Due Amid Core Systems M&A Buzz
      • 5 Tips for Tackling the Insurance Industry's Biggest Marketing Challenges
  • Customer Insight
    • Top Story

      Can Electric Toothbrushes Yield Insurance-Relevant Data? One Company Thinks So
      Per AdAge, at least one insurance company has partnered with an electric toothbrush manufacturer to share brushing data.
    • 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

      • 4 Steps to Incorporate Big Data Into Insurance Marketing
      • Information as a Game Changer: Actuarial Analytics — Score Keeping, or Trusted Advice?
      • Another Case for Native Apps
      • Signal to Noise: Nate Silver Offers Lesson on Controlling Big Data Complexity
navigation drop down
  • Agent/Broker

      • Protective Life Deploys iPipeline's iGO Drop Ticket to Streamline Agent Sales Process
        By Kathy Burger | May 15, 2013
        Rules-based short form is designed to simplify application process and facilitate sales.
        Be the first to comment
      • Selective Announces Executive Promotions in Claims and IT
        By Kathy Burger | May 13, 2013
        Among a roster of recent appointments and promotions announced by Selective Insurance were George Neale as SVP, Chief Claims Officer, and John Bresney as SVP, Application Delivery Services.
        Be the first to comment
      • What IT Staffs Want More Than Salary
        By | May 10, 2013
        The 5 job factors that matter most to IT executives have nothing to do with compensation. Are you ready to deliver?
        Be the first to comment
      • Sanjay Pandey Named CIO of National Life Group
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 10, 2013
        Pandey seeks to build on his successful enhancements to agent ease of doing business undertaken during his tenure as CIO of Donegal Insurance Group.
        Be the first to comment
      • Bulletin: ID Federation Momentum Growing, Says Progressive's DeVito
        By Nathan Golia | May 07, 2013
        The organization working to deliver a set of standards for agent password management across multiple carriers should have version 1.0 ready within "months," he says.
        Be the first to comment
      • MphasiS Launches Billing-as-a-Service for Insurance Industry
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 07, 2013
        The solution will help carriers reduce costs while increasing business flexibility, improving customer service, the vendor asserts.
        Be the first to comment
      • OMS National Insurance Selects Full Accenture P&C Suite
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 07, 2013
        OMSNIC will use Accenture's Policy Administration, Billing and Claim Components software in order to create a single integrated solution for rating, quoting, underwriting, billing, claims administration and policy lifecycle support.
        Be the first to comment
      • IT Success Depends On Treating Staff As People, Not "Human Resources"
        By Anthony O'Donnell | May 07, 2013
        IT managers must think of employees as people, not as interchangeable resources, says author and former insurance CIO Frank Wander.
        Be the first to comment
      • 6 Best Practices for Implementing Finance Software
        By Kathy Burger | May 07, 2013
        UNIT4 Business Software offers guidelines for implementing finance accounting software to support growth.
        Be the first to comment
      • How Can Insurers Expand Their Social Strategy?
        By Nathan Golia | May 06, 2013
        Hearsay Social CTO Steve Garrity says creative insurers can develop strategies for different social networks.
        Be the first to comment
      • 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.
        Be the first to comment
      • Insurance IT Pros Satisfied Despite Flat Salaries
        By Peggy Bresnick Kendler | May 01, 2013
        Insurance IT pros aren't seeing huge salary increases, but job satisfaction is high and opportunities abound for those with a passion for the business, our research shows.
        Be the first to comment
      • Q&A: Republic Indemnity CIO Innovates on a Tight Budget
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 29, 2013
        Rao Tadepalli, CIO of Republic Indemnity, has found ways to innovate in a resource-constrained environment, finding efficiencies through digitizing documentation and improving efficiencies through core system transformation and process reengineering.
        Be the first to comment
      • 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 — and reap the rewards of earned loyalty.
        Be the first to comment
      • A CIO’s First 100 Days: Seven Steps to SuccessSlideshow Article
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 26, 2013
        New York Life’s senior managing director and chief information officer in the company’s Investments Group recommends seven stages to complete a successful first 100 days, leading to longer-term success.
        Be the first to comment
      • 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 challenge and other strategies for getting the most out of staff, budget and IT partners.
        Be the first to comment
      • Humana's SmartVideo Personalized Statements Will Engage Customers
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 25, 2013
        The insurer's use of SundaySky’s SmartVideo technology improves customer experience by rendering complex information easily intelligible.
        Be the first to comment
      • UK Vendor Quindell Acquires iter8 to Gain North American Foothold
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 24, 2013
        Quindell will leverage iter8's significant footprint in the agent/broker technology space to gain market share in the new business technology arena during the coming year.
        Be the first to comment
      • The Hanover's New Billing System Adds Value for Agents, Customers
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 22, 2013
        The system lets agents work with their customers to create a customized experience built on features such as combined billing options, flexible billing dates, billing plan options and mobile interaction.
        Be the first to comment
      • Q&A: The Hanover Boosts Service, Efficiency With New Billing System
        By Anthony O'Donnell | April 22, 2013
        The new system will deliver value to both distributors and customers by allowing agents to shift their attention from answering questions about billing to focusing on customer relationships, according to CIO Greg Tranter.
        Be the first to comment
      • Genworth Life Reduces Policy Cycle Times Nearly 70%
        By Anne Rawland Gabriel | April 19, 2013
        Genworth U.S. Life Companies reduces new policy cycle times from about 25 days to an average of eight by adopting Aplifi's multi-carrier electronic settlement platform.
        Be the first to comment
      • Xuber Launches in U.S. in Response to Demand for Modern Commercial Lines Solutions
        By | April 17, 2013
        The software business of Xchanging is offering an end-to-end module-based solution built on a single data model.
        Be the first to comment
      • What Was Insurance Tech Like Before the PC?
        By Nathan Golia | April 12, 2013
        A respondent to a Reddit thread on the pre-PC era provides a window into how billing and accounting systems were developed on punch cards.
        Be the first to comment
      • Making Claims Data Actionable for Litigation Management
        By Hans Bengard, TyMetrix | April 10, 2013
        Implementing a consolidated litigation management solution helps insurers trim claim expense costs, streamline and automate workflows, and enforce best practices throughout the claims discipline.
        Be the first to comment
      • Plymouth Rock Adds Quote Comparison to Online Sales Portal
        By Nathan Golia | April 09, 2013
        The addition allows an independent agent to reach out to a prospect who uses the Plymouth Rock quote portal with multiple carriers' rates.
        Be the first to comment

Tag Trends

  1. 1.Mobile
  2. 2.Novarica
  3. 3.Big Data
  4. 4.Distribution
  5. 5.Claims
  1. 6.Analytics
  2. 7.People Move
  3. 8.Regulation
  4. 9.Telematics
  5. 10.Underwriting
Top Tag Trends for the Year

Upcoming Events

Live Events WebCasts
  • Secure your mobile applications in the new commerce era - Mobile Commerce World - Mobile Commerce World
  • Get practical strategies to build a solid plan for profitability and success - Mobile Commerce World - Mobile Commerce World
  • Learn how to enage customers through mobility - Mobile Commerce World - Mobile Commerce World
  • Explore best practices for marketers in the new mobile world - Mobile Commerce World - Mobile Commerce World
  • Learn how to best integrate mobile commerce with your current systems -- Mobile Commerce World - Mobile Commerce World

  • More Live Events>>
  • The Untapped Potential of Mobile Apps for Commercial Customers
  • The Untapped Potential of Mobile Apps for Commercial Customers
  • Seizing Revenue Through Payments Services
  • Capacity Management Evolved: How to Optimize VM Placement to Mitigate Risk, Right-Size Infrastructure and Cut Software Costs in Half
  • Real-Time Transactional Scoring: How to Do it Better, Faster with Less Expense



  • More Webcasts>>

Featured Reports

 
 
What's this?
  • InformationWeek 2013 IT Spending Priorities Survey
  • Best Practices: Top Mobile Productivity Tools for Finance
  • Research: 2012 Bank Systems/Wall Street Salary Survey
  • Strategy: Building and Maintaining Database Access Control Permissions
  • SaaS Collaboration & Project Management Buyer's Guide

More >>

Featured Whitepapers

 
 
What's this?
  • CSI's 2013 Annual Banking Priorities Study
  • High performance total protection Fortinet security solutions for the financial services sector
  • Data Loss Prevention White Paper
  • Accelerate software delivery in the complex financial services market
  • Simplifying Programs for Better Performance and Reinvestment Opportunities in the Public Sector

More >>



UBM Tech
  • FEATURED UBM TECH SITES:
  • Bank Systems & Technology
  • |
  • Insurance & Technology
  • |
  • Advanced Trading
  • |
  • Wall Street & Technology
  • OUR MARKETS:
  • Business Technology
  • |
  • Channel
  • |
  • Electronics
  • |
  • Game & App Development
  • Working With Us:
  • Advertising Contacts
  • |
  • Event Calendar
  • |
  • Tech Marketing Solutions
  • |
  • Corporate Site
  • |
  • Contact Us / Feedback
  • Terms of Service
  • |
  • Privacy Statement
  • |
  • Copyright © 2013 UBM Tech, All rights reserved

  • Editorial Calendar
  • Contact Us
  • Subscriptions
  • Reprints
  • Online Advertising Info
  • Media Kit
  • Send us your feedback
  • RSS