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Cyber Attacks Hit Catalan Govt. Computers During Independence Vote
Catalan government computer systems were attacked by professional-style hackers during the disputed independence vote on Nov. 9, putting basic services at risk, Regional President Artur Mas said. The ...
Sunlight Drives Away the Shadows: The Value of Open Source
In its 20-plus years, catastrophe risk modeling had developed nearly insurmountable barriers to alternative views of risk. Except for the largest companies, insurers and reinsurers have had little ...
New Online Tool Helps Predicts Risk For Deadly Coastal Hurricanes
When a hurricane comes ashore, there are so many dangers: tree-snapping winds, torrential downpours and even tornadoes spawned by the tempest itself. But it's the wall of water that tropical systems ...
Are You Ready to Follow the BYOD Trend?
"Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) is the policy of allowing employees to bring their personally owned devices such as smartphones, laptops and tablets to work in order to access private company ...
RiskInsight Model Tools Explained
In her article, "Why Open Platforms are the Logical Next Step for Catastrophe Risk Models," risk expert Karen Clark explains that an open platform starts with "reference" models for combinations of ...
Litigation Trifecta Keeps Insurers Busy
Suits related to violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), cyber breaches and concussions remain at the top as far as litigation trends go, according to industry experts. And while ...
Progressive at PCI: Telematics Will Become Ubiquitous Underwriting Tool
A Progressive Insurance Group executive asserts that automated automobile technology won't become ubiquitous for years. On the other hand, he predicts, the equally transformative use of telematics ...
Disgruntled Workers Hacking Employers Is on the Rise, FBI Says
Employees with an ax to grind are increasingly using Internet cloud services and other computer tools to hack their current or former companies, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and ...