Technology & Analytics
Florida Bans Price Optimization; Insurers Question Definition
A memorandum released last week by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty warning insurers in the state not to use price optimization in rating has gotten cheers from a consumer advocate group ...
Cloud Benefits: Understanding Terms
For carriers just getting started with cloud computing, terms like "lift and shift," "cloud native" and "cloud bursting" may be unfamiliar. Below, we define some common terms. Lift and shift is the ...
Are Insurance Carriers Ready to Jump Up Into the Cloud?
In increasing numbers, enterprises around the globe are adding public clouds to their technology portfolios. According to Forrester, adoption of public clouds by all types of business enterprises ...
Aon Benfield Launches Canada Flood Model to Help Manage Exposures
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has developed a fully probabilistic flood model for Canada to help insurers and reinsurers better underwrite and manage their ...
Price Optimization or Price Discrimination? Regulators Weigh In
Insurers' growing use of predictive data analytics is predicated on enhancing operational efficiency, improving decision-making and offering more detailed pricing of products. It's that last practice ...
Building Advanced Analytical Capabilities to Deliver Business Value
In the words of XL Catlin CEO Mike McGavick, we face "the imperative for robust use of advanced data and analytics." It's an imperative that XL Catlin has taken very seriously, for several reasons. ...
Insurers See Impact from Wearables Within Two Years: Accenture Survey
Nearly two-thirds of insurers expect wearable technologies to have a significant impact on the industry, according to a survey in Accenture's annual Technology Vision report. The survey of more than ...
Closing the Gap: How Small and Midsized Insurers Can Leverage the Power of Big Data
The "big data" buzz that dominates so much of the P/C insurance conversation these days may not be as uniformly useful as everyone thinks. In the majority of cases, the usefulness of big data hinges ...

