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Guidewire Acquires Millbrook

By Justin Stephani

Guidewire’s acquisition of the data management and BI provider intended to enable more efficient legacy replacements.

Nearly 60% of Surveyed P&C Insurers List BI/Data as a Top Priority

By Justin Stephani

New data from Novarica’s most recent IT roundtable finds that while P&C insurers are focusing on data capabilities, speed to market is a particular point of emphasis for life/health insurers.

Survey: 70% of Small Business Owners Interested in Data Breach Insurance

By Carrie Burns

Commissioned by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co., Ponemon Institute’s survey results show many small businesses have had a data breach, almost all involving electronic records.

Steps for Insurers to Leverage Big Data

By Justin Stephani

A new report from Celent outlines the process of going from a big data spectator to becoming a practitioner and more.

P&C Insurers: Predictive Modeling is a Must

By Carrie Burns

Personal and commercial P&C insurers say data capture and transformation into useful information has become a critical differentiator of performance within the marketplace, according to a new survey.

4 Tech Trends Pushed by ACT, AUGIE in 2013

By Justin Stephani

Making agents’ lives easier with these technology advances should be on every insurer's to-do list this year, according to IIABA’s Agents Council for Technology and ACORD’s User Group Information Exchange.

Data Breaches Remain Low on List of Identity Fraud Causes

By Justin Stephani

A recent study from Travelers downplays the risk of digital platforms and transactions.

Two Insurers Select Valen’s Predictive Analytics Solution

By Justin Stephani

Recently upgraded analytics and underwriting software designed to enable proactive pricing and real-time policy evaluations.

Executives Agree They Must Embrace Big Data or Be Replaced

By Justin Stephani

A new survey of mostly insurance and IT executives also finds them looking for business cases to justify big data expenditures.

Penn Mutual Invests in Modeling System Provider

By Justin Stephani

Leap System becomes an independent affiliate of the mutual life insurer.

James Allen Insurance Brokers Selects 4Sight BI

By Carrie Burns

With the business intelligence product, the broker expects to be able to drill down into its data while analyzing the business from many different perspectives.

The State of Scanning

By Carrie Burns

Insurance is among the industries found to have significant scanning requirements due to a continued reliance on paper, according to a recent survey.

IT Security Spending Boom Continues

By Justin Stephani

Asia/Pacific region spearheads global market growth; Symantec retains its global industry lead.

Predictive Analytics Defining Marketing Competition

By Justin Kern

In order to better segment potential customers, companies should pay increased attention to unstructured data, new report says.

CSC Unveils Cloud-based Billing Application

By Justin Stephani

Software vendor says SaaS option will increase payment options and cut implementation costs.