Surprise! IT Spending Doesnt MatterSan Francisco

In what will likely come as a great surprise to information technology professionals and insurance business professionals, IBM said its research has revealed that the amount of IT spending an insurance company does bears no relation to how successful the company is.

According to William Pieroni, General Manager, IBM Global Insurance Industry, White Plains, N.Y., IBMs research takes in the largest insurers worldwide, including both life and property-casualty carriers. Their combined $2.5 trillion in gross premiums represents a 99 percent global share, he said.

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.