CTO / Technology
CIO: Commitment to Employee Engagement Platform Paying Off for GuideOne
As the new chief information officer and senior vice president in charge of business transformation at Des Moines, Iowa-based property/casualty carrier GuideOne Insurance, Doug Cretsinger faced some ...
Fitch Recommends Slower P/C Insurance Embrace of Cyber Risks
Cyber risk may be the fastest growing segment in property/casualty insurance, but carriers should be measured about boosting their presence in the space, Fitch Ratings warned in a new report. Why go ...
Breaking Into the Cloud
For carriers, moving core systems to the cloud is a change in culture and processes as well as technology. That reality surprises some carriers and intimidates others. Exactly what will your company ...
Two Instech Startups Target Small Business Insurance Market
Small business insurance providers will soon have two new competitors from the technology world. Next Insurance, an online shopper for small businesses, announced a $13 million seed investment led by ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore, Brit, QBE and More
Ironshore is expanding its cyber coverage in Canada. RealRate and Pinnacle Actuarial Resources will jointly offer a beefed up comparative price tool for commercial auto insurance. Brit launched new ...
Security Firms Blame Chinese Hackers for U.S. Ransomware Attacks
Hackers using tactics and tools previously associated with Chinese government-supported computer network intrusions have joined the booming cyber crime industry of ransomware, four security firms ...
Driverless Cars May Go Nowhere Unless Congress Passes Nationwide Rules
A patchwork of state laws governing the operation of self-driving cars threatens to stall their development, supporters told lawmakers as U.S. senators began consideration of a national standard for ...
Apple/U.S. Legal Battle Poised to Escalate Over ‘Source Code’
The latest filing in the legal war between the planet's most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the high-stakes confrontation could escalate even further. In ...