CTO / Technology
RMS Buys Up Real-Time Hurricane Impact Data Startup
Catastrophe modeling firm RMS has acquired HWind Scientific LLC, a startup focused on producing real-time hurricane impact data. Neither side disclosed financial details. But RMS said the acquisition ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance launched two new policies that provide cyber liability and breach response coverage with risk management resources. They're known, respectively, as the ...
Cyber Attacks Increase, but Boards and Businesses Are Fighting Back
A majority of businesses admit that they experienced at least one cyber attack in the last year; companies also increasingly see these risks as a major threat to their operations. Faced with these ...
Allstate’s Esurance Debuts Pay-Per-Mile Auto Insurance
Allstate-owned Esurance has begun marketing auto insurance for which consumers essentially pay by the mile. The new product is called "Esurance Pay Per Mile," coverage enabled by a small telematics ...
Slowly But Surely, Insurers are Turning to Mobile and Big Data
Insurers are increasingly investing in new technology areas such as mobile and big data along with the usual legacy system updates, Novarica found in its latest annual study of U.S. insurer IT ...
Allianz, AIG, Others Start Commercial Drone Insurance Association
Allianz and AIG partnered with a major aviation insurer, a specialized broker and an attorney to launch a new trade association focused on the surging commercial drone industry. The Unmanned Aircraft ...
Russian National Sentenced in ‘Citadel’ Malware Cyber Crime Scheme
A Russian national was sentenced on Tuesday to 4-1/2 years in U.S. prison for using sophisticated malware known as "Citadel" to steal banking information from thousands of computers, authorities ...
Why Build Your Own Cat Model?
Insurers are using the new open loss modeling platforms to build their own catastrophe models for three main reasons: clarity, control and cost. Catastrophe models have become extremely important ...