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The Challenges Around Big Data and the Lessons to Be Learned
The hype around big data is focusing ever more attention on insurers' data management and analytics capabilities. Analysis of data, creation of predictive models and the ability to take action based ...
Top 2014 P/C Trend: Investment in Mobile Agent Tech Lags as Carriers Focus on Gen Y
Mobile strategies focused on Gen Y customers and personal lines innovations will shape the plans of property/casualty insurance carrier management teams in 2014, but at least one of these approaches ...
Integrating Reinsurance Management System with Core Systems Reduces Risk
Insurers' numerous intricate reinsurance contracts and special pool arrangements, countless policies, and arrays of transactions create a massive risk of having unintended exposure. Inability to ...
Esurance Giving Away $1.5M in Twitter Sweepstakes
Direct car insurance provider Esurance is giving consumers a chance to win $1.5 million in a Twitter sweepstakes. Actor John Krasinski announced Esurance's Twitter sweepstakes in a television ...
BYOD: Benefits and Risks of Personal Mobile Devices in the Insurance Workforce
Cyber crime continues to be among the world's fastest growing criminal threats. This poses a challenging decision for companies considering adoption of the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend, where ...
21 Insurers, Brokers Launch Oasis ‘Open Source’ Cat Model
The Oasis Loss Modelling Framework has unveiled what it describes as "the most significant development in the modelling of natural catastrophe losses for 20 years"—the launch of an independent, ...
Designing a UBI Program to Fit Your Business Strategy
Usage-based insurance (UBI) for auto is often presented as a "one size fits all" solution to insurers' business problems. Tiny telematics devices that can be installed in policyholders' vehicles ...
Berkshire Gains Concierge Service with MyAssist
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is betting on a service that helps companies including Ford Motor Co. and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz provide live, in-car support to drivers. Berkshire agreed ...