The whole idea would have been ludicrous even three years ago. Now, seemingly out of nowhere, new and credible insurance brands are popping up with slick user experiences, instantaneous quotes, five-minute buy cycles, and DIY service options—all available on your phone—24 x 7 x 365. And what makes all this possible? Rapidly maturing cloud-native architecture, digitization, open APIs, and the mainstreaming of the greenfield initiative as a favored strategy are enablers.

Principal's CIO for Individual disability insurance describes the business drivers and technology behind its new IDI platform

If you could start over, knowing what you know today, what would your life look like? Where would you live? How would you spend your time and money, and with whom?

Dental insurers circle the ancillary benefits market and consider a modular platform approach

Guardian’s head of direct to consumer talks about the opportunities and challenges of D2C

EIS Group now offers insurers the industry's largest number of core-connected digital APIs in an open architecture to drive digital experience and integration

As insurers learn to adapt to the digital age, the supporting technologies continue to evolve. The ground we are building on is shifting because computing itself is changing, and a new era of computing is upon us.

DevOps provides agility and less disruption from transformation and upgrades

Insurers can connect to digital ecosystems and power smart, real-time user experience – what is needed is a cloud-native approach to apps and infrastructure

It’s no secret that insurers must transform their organizations to compete in the experience-driven digital economy, with its new and evolving ecosystems. What is less well-understood is the fundamental technology shift required to reach prospective customers with updated products leveraging new partners and data while building engagement with existing customers.