As long as there are large businesses with an appetite for expansion, we will always have deals such as the one between Accenture and Duck Creek Technologies. Through this acquisition, Accenture is making a major effort to establish its name in the p&c policy admin market and in particular with...

A tornado roared through the northern part of Alabama on April 27, claiming 243 lives and causing more than $2 billion in insured damage.

In what industry observers are describing as a “significant deal,” Accenture announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately-held Duck Creek Technologies, which specializes in software solutions for the property & casualty insurance industry. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close within the next 30...

Are you protecting your company's brand through social media? Tower group's research director Karen Pauli discusses what insurance carriers need to be doing in terms of social media and how they can help their agency partners.

Personal auto insurance is already the most commoditized line of property & casualty insurance and is likely to becoming the most exact of the lines in terms of underwriting as insurers spread the movement known as usage-based insurance.

Personal auto insurance is already the most commoditized line of property & casualty insurance and is likely to becoming the most exact of the lines in terms of underwriting as insurers spread the movement known as usage-based insurance.

After interviewing Alfa Insurance’s Eileen Senn last week it was easy to hear the pride in her voice as she discussed the performance her claims team following the April 27 tornado that ravaged northern Alabama.

In this podcast, Frank Petersmark, CIO advocate for X by 2, discusses what insurance carriers are doing to gain control over the increasing amount of data being collected and how they are turning it into actionable information.