This page will provide you with links to information, providers and news relating to technology products, services, and trends relevant to the insurance industry in Canada.
Information
This section discusses the impact of evolving computing and communicating technologies on insurance in Canada; it will help you better understand and appreciate the opportunities these technologies present.
As technology is being used throughout the insurance industry today, you may also want to check out our various lines of business sections such as Claims, Distribution and Policy Management.
All technology and line-of-business executives and senior managers should know about our annual Insurance-Canada.ca Technology Conference (ICTC) and Insurance-Canada.ca Technology Awards (ICTAs).
If you are doing research and wondering where to buy, check our Provider Profiles below.
Provider Profiles
Each of the following directories contains a brief profile and contact information for a select list of featured providers.
News and Articles
Articles, editorials, commentary, research and published material pertaining to the Canadian insurance industry.
- Accenture Study Finds High-Tech Companies Face Challenges Keeping Pace With New Cloud-Based Business Models
- IBM sets the stage for the next era of computing
- Gartner Outlines Five Cloud Computing Trends That Will Affect Cloud Strategy Through 2015
- Novarica Publishes Second Annual Quick IT Benchmarks Reports for US Insurers
- Compuware Gomez Publishes New Whitepaper: "How End-User Experience Affects Your Bottom Line"
- Gartner Says the Personal Cloud Will Replace the Personal Computer as the Center of Users' Digital Lives by 2014
- Brovada Blog: Disrupters - leading edge companies that are changing the game, by Karl Greenlaw, President & CEO
- The Dominion Takes The Mobile Insurance App To A New Level
- Oracle Insurance Survey: Overcoming IT Hurdles to Success
- Gartner Highlights Five Business Process Management Pitfalls to Avoid
- Microdea and Gore Mutual: Decade of Success
- Telematics Update Webinar – How to Take Insurance Telematics Mass Market with Customer Friendly Solutions
- MajescoMastek and Appian Announce Partnership
- Compuware Launches New Website Performance Benchmarks for Canada
- Accenture Unveils 'Connected Vehicle Integrated Solution' to Help Manufacturers Meet Customer Demand for In-Vehicle Services – From Wi-Fi Access to Mobile Payments and Safety Devices
- Gartner Identifies Top Vertical Industry Predictions for IT Organizations for 2012 and Beyond
- Novarica: Most Insurance CIOs See Supporting Strategic Initiatives and Improving Efficiency as Primary Values to the Enterprise
- Progressive number one auto insurance website
- IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives within Five Years
- Accenture Research Finds Rising Use of Consumer Technology in the Workplace Forcing IT Departments to Respond
- Celent: Emerging Insurance Technologies
- Gartner Says Second Half of the Information Age to Focus on Exploitation of Technology and the Information It Processes
- Celent: Business-Oriented Architecture: SOA Refocused
- IBM Labs: Researchers Demonstrate Future of Computing with Graphene, Racetrack and Carbon Nanotube Breakthroughs
- Gartner Reveals Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2012 and Beyond
- Novarica Report: Notes from the 2011 CIO Insurance Summit
- Gartner Says Consumerization Will Drive At Least Four Mobile Management Styles
- Aon eSolutions launches RIScloud, the next-generation cloud solution designed and built for the risk, insurance and safety community
- Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012
- Ipsos Reid: The Tablet Begins Take Off As Sales Double in Eight Months
- IBM Unveils New Smart Cloud Services to Give Enterprises Control of the Cloud
- Gartner Special Report Examines How the iPad and Media Tablets Are Impacting the Future of Computing
- Novarica Survey of 132 Insurers Says Technology Spending to Increase Slightly in 2012, One-Third of Insurers Currently Replacing or Planning to Replace Policy Admin Systems
- Kerby-Reid Launches Insurance Pro-Rata App
- LawPRO: Revamped TitlePLUS® website designed to be a resource for lawyers
- IVANS: Underwriting Solutions, Consumer Portals Among Top Technologies Carriers Are Investing In to Maintain Growth and Create Market Differentiation
- IBM and WellPoint Announce Agreement to Put Watson to Work in Health Care
- IDC Financial Insights Innovation Awards for the Asia/Pacific Insurance Industry
- Celent: An SOA Evolution, Insurance Edition
- MphasiS to Acquire Wyde
- Gartner Highlights Strategies for Dealing with the Increase in Advanced Targeted Threats
- Crawford & Company Purchases Appian BPM Suite
- Progressive's new mobile services put car insurance in the palm of your hand
- Manulife Signs Seven-Year Services Agreement with IBM
- IBM Scientists Demonstrate Computer Memory Breakthrough
- Gartner Survey Shows Spending on Business Process Management to Grow Significantly in 2011
- Gartner Special Report Examines How to Leverage Pattern-Based Strategy to Gain Value in Big Data
- Gartner Highlights Key Elements of an Effective IT Governance Process
- Flurry: Mobile Apps Put the Web in Their Rear-view Mirror
- IBM Labs: Researchers Unveil Nanotechnology Circuits for Wireless Devices
- eMarketer: Canada Edges Out US in Smartphone Penetration
- Gartner Identifies Five Collaboration Myths
- Celent: Document Automation
- Celent: North American Insurance Software Deal Trends 2011, Property/Casualty Edition
- Celent: North American Insurance Software Deal Trends 2011: Life/Health/Annuity Edition
- NexJ Earns Plug and Play Recognition at ACORD LOMA
- eMarketer: Tablets Beat Smartphones for Online Shopping, Buying
- Gartner Highlights 2011 'Cool Vendors' That Are Delivering Technologies and Services to Improve Business Outcomes
- IBM zEnterprise Mainframe Server Selected by Primerica for Smarter Infrastructure
- The Co-operators Selects IP Business Communications Solution from Interactive Intelligence
- Gartner Says CIOs Must Take Steps to Manage Risk and Unexpected Costs During the Cloud Sourcing Revolution
- IBM Signs Technology Services Agreement with The Hartford to Support Business Initiatives
- IBM Clouds embraced by Industry Leaders Worldwide to Transform Business Processes
- Gartner Maps Out the Rapidly Evolving Market for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service
- Accenture and RSA (UK) Extend Business Process Outsourcing Agreement for Insurance Services
- Aviva Canada offers important insurance info on-the-go
- Johnson Inc. Launches New Mobile App
- Eastern Shore Consulting Completes Core System Software Evaluation, Selection, and Procurement Project at COUNTRY Financial
- Hyland Software addresses how today's insurance companies can improve customer service and process efficiency
- SunGard Acquires Stratix Consulting
- IBM delivers initial phase of Canada’s first province-wide electronic health record system
- Gartner Says 2011 Will Be the Year of Platform as a Service
- Novarica Personal Lines Insurers Embrace Technology in Response to Market and Regulatory Challenges
- Novarica Council Meeting: 30+ CIOs Discuss Impact of Changes in Technology on Insurance Industry
- Info-Tech Research Group: Successful Collaborative Note-Taking Architectures Require Mapping to the Research Patterns
- IBM Advances Cloud Computing with New Software
- IDC's Worldwide Black Book: IT Spending Outperformed Expectations in 2010, Reaching $1.5 Trillion
- IBM World Community Grid Registration Skyrockets 700%, In Watson's Wake
- Gartner Identifies Seven Critical Questions to Ask Before Developing a Social Media Policy
- Celent Report : Still Seeing the Shadow: Groundhog Day for Legacy Modernisation (P&C Edition)
- eMarketer: The Future of Smart Mobile Devices
- PwC: A time of transformation for the software industry
- IDC Forecasting Cloud Systems Management Software will Gain Momentum with Revenues Reaching $2.5 Billion in 2015
- Novarica: New ACE Ranking Reports on 31 Insurer Software and IT Services Providers Publised – Based Directly on Ratings by Insurer Executives
- IBM Launches $42 Million Cloud Computing Centre in Canada
- IBM Brings Social Business to the Cloud, Mobile Devices
- Compuware Gomez Publishes New White Paper, "5 Common Mobile Web Mistakes…and How to Fix Them"
- Gartner Highlights 10 Critical Myths and Realities of Master Data Management
- Gartner Executive Programs Worldwide Survey of More Than 2,000 CIOs Identifies Cloud Computing as Top Technology Priority for CIOs in 2011
- Dalbar launches 360 degree instant reporting
- IBM Study: Midsize Businesses Increasing IT Budgets; Investing in Analytics and Cloud Computing
- Gomez: Compuware Publishes New White Paper "Application Performance Testing: From Conception to Gravestone"
- Forrester: Mixed Economic Outlook Shifts Technology Demands
- Celent Report: Hidden Costs in Modern Core Insurance Systems
For older articles, see our technology archive.
