1+ day, 42+ min ago  (767+ words) (Graham Blackwell, who will assume the CEO role for Applied Systems later this year. Source: Applied Systems.) Applied Systems (Chicago) CEO-designate Graham Blackwell says the company's next phase will focus on accelerating what it calls the "Digital Roundtrip of Insurance,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (232+ words) The investment firm has acquired a majority stake in Agenium to support expansion of underwriting and new business automation capabilities. (Image source: Agenium website.) Main Capital Partners (The Hague, Netherlands) has made a majority investment in Agenium (Milwaukee, Wis.), an…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (209+ words) (Presentation at DXC Connect Insurance Executive Forum. Source: DXC.) Ray August, President of Insurance Software and Business Process Services, DXC. "The inspiration for Smart Apps was meeting our customers where they are and creating a pathway for incremental transformation," says Ray August,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (266+ words) The insurer has chosen a cloud-native platform to improve operational efficiency, support growth and enhance risk management. Discovery Insurance (Kinston, N. C.) has selected Brite Core (San Mateo, Calif.) as its policy administration system to support modernization efforts and improve operational efficiency....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (253+ words) The company has deployed Parallel Web Systems" technology to automate research and improve efficiency in insurance claims and sales operations. (Image source: Parallel Web Systems homepage.) Sanjeev Vohra, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Genpact. In insurance, Genpact is using the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (318+ words) The company has introduced new solutions to automate claims, streamline policy transfers and improve payroll-based billing workflows. (Image source: Origami website.) Origami Risk (Chicago) has launched new platform solutions and enhancements designed to automate workflows and deliver real-time insights across…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (236+ words) Insurance CIOs navigate recurring tradeoffs'from centralization to cloud'as strategic decisions swing between extremes rather than settling at a fixed point. As organizations follow a logical path based on accumulated insights, they often push those decisions toward an extreme'sometimes to the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1106+ words) A contrarian analyst predicts that AI-driven decision-making will introduce regulatory and liability risks, a view industry executives regard as overstated and manageable. A self-described industry analyst is warning insurers that their investments in artificial intelligence may be introducing new forms…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1251+ words) Years of system simplification and data strategy have positioned the carrier to apply AI as a productivity tool across the enterprise. (Interior of the New York Life building in Manhattan. Source: New York Life.) A Modernization Strategy Rooted in Business…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (261+ words) Lazares brings decades of experience leading global product teams and launching AI-driven platforms that help. (Image source: Beyond Limits blog.) Duck Creek Technologies (Boston), the global provider of intelligent solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry, has named Jose…...