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5 Cornerstones for Advancing the Insurance Industry’s Digital Technology Strategy in 2015
Feb 9 2015 // It is a brand new year, and for many people that means the promise and potential of resolutions, goals and aspirations. This is the time to plan, to dream, to improve. This can be said for individuals looking to shed a few...
CapSpecialty Introduces E&O Insurance for Technology Providers
Feb 4 2015 // CapSpecialty has launched CapSpecialty TechMediaCyber (CapTMC), a new professional liability errors & omissions product issued by Capitol Specialty Insurance Corp. that includes cyber protection and offers data privacy...
Bloomberg: Google Is Developing Competitor to Uber
Feb 2 2015 // Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries that includes dubious regulators, litigious drivers, hostile members of the press, and some well-funded rivals. But the most significant threat to the app-based transportation...
Not All Program Market Competition Is Good
Jan 26 2015 // The program insurance business market has enjoyed years of growth and appears on track to continue its expansion. However, while program business is attracting new interest, some participants are cautioning that not all...
Florida Colleges Rushing to Offer Degrees in Cybersecurity
Jan 26 2015 // The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Strengthens Cyber & Technology Team
Jan 23 2015 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has strengthened its Cyber & Technology team with the addition of two new senior executives. Francois Brisson and Richard De Piero have been appointed Global Head and North America Head,...
HSB Introduces Technology Equipment Breakdown Coverage
Jan 22 2015 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, has launched HSB TechAdvantage, an equipment breakdown and technology insurance that covers losses resulting from microelectronic...
Patent Lawsuits Drop But Tech Firms Still Top Target
Jan 13 2015 // Technology companies like Google Inc. and Apple Inc. remain the biggest targets of patent lawsuits even as the overall litigation totals dropped last year, according to a study released by Unified Patents. The number of...
Driverless Cars Are Closer, Bigger Than They Appear
Jan 9 2015 // Vehicles that drive themselves on the freeway or take over in traffic jams may be on the road in large numbers by 2017 and autonomous cars might create a $42 billion market for the technology by 2025, Boston Consulting...
How Much Will Drivers Pay for High-Tech Devices?
Jan 5 2015 // A majority of U.S. drivers are willing to pay as much as $1,499 to have high-tech entertainment and safety devices in their vehicles as consumers demand more connectivity, according to a Harris Poll. Back-up cameras, USB...
Technology Dominates Texas-Based Group’s Fraud Predictions for 2015
Dec 17 2014 // Technology will give fraudsters an edge in 2015, but it will also provide new tools for organizations and investigators, according to three experts from the Austin, Texas-based Association of Certified Fraud Examiners...
Allstate Realigns Customer Units; Promotes Winter, Other Executives
Dec 17 2014 // The Allstate Corp. announced organizational and leadership changes in its personal lines management, agency distribution, multiple-customer operations and technology that CEO Thomas J. Wilson says prepare the company to...
Antitrust Concerns End Verisk Bid for Rival EagleView Technology
Dec 17 2014 // Verisk Analytics Inc. scrapped a planned $650 million takeover of EagleView Technology Corp. after antitrust regulators said the deal would give the company too large a share in the market for aerial images used by...
Insurance Tech Firms Majesco, Cover-All to Merge
Dec 16 2014 // Insurance tech-company Cover-All Technologies plans to merge with rival Majesco, a deal that will create an operation with $100 million in annual revenue and a global reach. Majesco (formerly MajescoMastek) founder and CEO...
Delay in Drone Rules Jeopardizes Research, Competitiveness, Congress Told
Dec 12 2014 // Commercial drone flights are taking off in other countries while the U.S. lags behind in developing safety regulations that would permit unmanned aircraft operations by a wide array of industries, witnesses told a House...
WGA in Boston Names Talmanson to Lead Technology and Cyber Risk Practice
Dec 11 2014 // William Gallagher Associates (WGA) in Boston has appointed Michael Talmanson as leader of the firm’s Technology and Cyber Risk Practice. Talmanson is a vice president who has been with the firm for 10 years. As a...
High Cost Hinders Progress of Carbon Capture As Climate-Change Fix
Dec 9 2014 // Scientists know only two credible ways to prevent temperatures from rising to dangerous levels: stop burning fossil fuels or capture and bury the carbon dioxide byproduct before it gets into the atmosphere. The second...
Agency Groups Give Independent Insurance Agents ‘Big Agency’ Edge
Dec 1 2014 // Some believe the independent insurance agent may soon be on the endangered species list. Tighter margins and pressure from insurance carriers to meet increasingly higher production demands are putting the squeeze on every...
Program Market a Target for Expansion, Good & Bad
Dec 1 2014 // Market Outpacing Overall P/C Industry The program insurance business market enjoyed its third consecutive year of growth in 2013 and appears on track to continue its expansion. However, while program business is attracting...
Technology Firm iPipeline Weghing IPO; $500 Million Value Possible
Nov 6 2014 // Internet Pipeline Inc., which makes technology used by insurance companies to manage customers, data and pricing, is exploring a sale or initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company, which...
