Celent is seeing similar spending patterns to last year, but Craig Weber, senior vice president and head of the insurance practice, believes carriers will be investing in areas of growth and IT spending.

Celent is seeing similar spending patterns to last year, but Craig Weber, senior vice president and head of the insurance practice, believes carriers will be investing in areas of growth and IT spending.

Spending levels for most of Gartner’s clients are projected to go up in 2011, according to Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, vice president and distinguished analyst for Gartner, as they put the bad economy behind them.

Spending levels for most of Gartner’s clients are projected to go up in 2011, according to Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, vice president and distinguished analyst for Gartner, as they put the bad economy behind them.

Matt Josefowicz isn’t seeing anything particularly new for insurance technology spending in 2011.

It hasn’t been the easiest time for running an IT shop in the insurance industry, according to Ellen Carney, senior analyst for Forrester.

A survey of insurance IT leaders conducted by Strategy Meets Action show 83 percent of carriers on the property/casualty side are keeping tech spending levels flat or with slight increases.

We're three days into the new business year and like many of you I'm still trying to dig my way out of the stack of work I let pile up during my time off for the holidays.