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Fitch Highlights Cyber Risks of Quantum Computing
Although the lightning fast speeds of quantum computing will provide many benefits to insurance carriers, there's also a big down side: increased cyber risk, Fitch Ratings noted in a recent briefing. ...
It’s Time to Vote: Poll Closing on InsurTech vs. insuretech
There's only one day left to vote on our Carrier Management Twitter poll about the correct spelling on InsurTech. Or is it insurtech? Or insuretech? Something else? Visit the Twitter page of Carrier ...
Let’s Chat: Bot Invasion in P/C Insurance
The use of chatbots by property/casualty insurers is growing but still limited. While only about 13 percent of P/C carriers have currently deployed this emerging technology, over 25 percent have a ...
Identified: High-Impact Technologies That Will Reshape the Insurance Industry
For more than 50 years, insurers have used technology to automate the systematic procedures and processes of the business. The focus has been on streamlining operations and managing large volumes of ...
Executive Viewpoint: Tech Should Work Like Lego Building Blocks
Technology was never meant to have permanence. The evidence of just how fast things change can be seen in our homes, our vehicles and especially our pockets. Imagine trying to use a smartphone built ...
Hackers Cripple Johannesburg and Demand Bitcoin Ransom
The City of Johannesburg shut down its website and billing systems after a group hacked into the authority's system and demanded a ransom of four Bitcoins worth about $30,000. The call center, ...
InsurTech Deals at $4B So Far in 2019, Blowing Past 2018 Full Year
InsurTech funding levels, reaching almost $4.4 billion in worldwide funding commitments through three quarters of the year, has already surpassed the 2018 full-year total, Willis Towers Watson ...
Blockchain—What’s It All About
Blockchain is having a profound impact on the way business is being conducted. And while we are only at the beginning of some of the most significant transformation, the long-term changes that ...