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Insurer IT Budgets Rising for 2020, Projects Focusing on Digital and Data

Novarica’s recent study shows overall IT spending ratios inching upward as insurers invest in greater speed-to-market, ease of doing business, and improved digital and data/analytics capabilities.

Posted: Dec 19, 2019

Tech Advances Help Insurers Conquer Challenges with SMB Workers’ Comp

With ongoing advancements in data and analytics, insurers can continue to offer more competitive, compelling, and customized products to the market.

Posted: Dec 18, 2019

Ethos Life—More Than Just a Name: Q&A with VP Brett Wilson

Wilson describes the direct-to-consumer life insurance distribution startup’s mission as defining a new era of life insurance, one built with ethics, technology, and simplicity at its core.

Posted: Dec 12, 2019

Manage NFRs as Rigorously as Functional Requirements—6 Steps

Technology officers are consumed by issues such as scalability, security, databases and operational issues, yet few have a structured and systematic approach to manage NFRs.

Posted: Dec 08, 2019

Why Insurance Companies Need to Stop Chasing Netflix and Amazon

Self-service is important, but insurance will always be about trust and relationships so insurers need to balance digital investments in order to focus on ways to deepen human relationships, not replace them.

Posted: Dec 04, 2019

Nationwide Express Quote-and-Bind Platform Embodies ‘Habit of Innovation’

Originating in part from Nationwide’s Test and Learn Lab, the agent-facing platform exemplifies speed in both quoting and application delivery.

Posted: Nov 26, 2019

InsurTech: A Review of What Was New in 2019

Announcements of new startups have not slowed, and the industry is seeing more second-round investments and larger funding amounts.

Posted: Nov 25, 2019

Q&A: The Future of Actuaries in the InsurTech Era

IIR interviews Joe Wurzburger, Fellow of the Society of Actuaries on the role of the actuarial profession in an age of technology-driven disruption.

Posted: Nov 14, 2019

Farm Bureau Mutual of Idaho Incentivizes Policyholders to Mitigate Risk

The insurer has integrated Samsung SmartThings with Guidewire PolicyCenter to detect, intervene and prevent major water damage-related losses.

Posted: Nov 07, 2019

MetLife Tackles Wildfire Risk with Zesty.ai

Through the vendor’s Z-FIRE solution MetLife Auto & Home seeks to more accurately assess wildfire risk and grow its business in California and other Western states.

Posted: Oct 10, 2019

Guidewire’s Journey to Cloud-Based Service: CEO Mike Rosenbaum’s Mission

The ex-Salesforce EVP will support the continuity of Guidewire’s company culture and values while driving its transformation from a software package vendor to a cloud service provider.

Posted: Sep 19, 2019

Liberty Mutual GRS CIO: The Digital Persona in Commercial Insurance

John Heveran talks about Liberty Mutual Global Risk Solutions’ work with partner DMI to make commercial insurance customer-centric through the use of digital personas.

Posted: Sep 12, 2019