Or the road to ruin? Sometimes the difference between the two is more subtle than we'd like to think. Insurers are looking at data transparency, regulatory compliance, and, especially, enterprise risk

The answers to serious underwriting questions involving catastrophe coverage are not guaranteed to be found solely by using risk models. However, the accumulated data and ever more sophisticated views

Life insurers and annuity companies are in an environment where competition is driving ongoing investments in IT to achieve economies in the back office. Jack Tyniec, senior manager with Deloitte Cons

Insurers are warming to the approach of having multiple vendors slice a software system into several components to provide collectively a best-of-breed option. But when vendors join forces to present

The lure of cost savings likely always will drive the outsourcing market in the insurance industry. However, insurers are finding it's the agility enabled by extending and reallocating resources and expertise that also can lead a carrier to achieve competitive advantage. While insurers are keeping a tight grip on their...

The lure of cost savings likely always will drive the outsourcing market in the insurance industry. However, insurers are finding it's the agility enabled by extending and reallocating resources and e

With confidential business and personal information often attached to e-mail messages, e-mail security for insurance carriers is no longer a one-way street of incoming messages. Keeping e-mail servers

After surveying independent life insurance producers for a report from Celent, Craig Weber, a senior analyst in the research firm's insurance practice, found life agents are becoming increasingly tech