CTO / Technology
New Class of Hacker Attacks May Target USB Devices
USB devices such as mice, keyboards and thumb-drives can be used to hack into personal computers in a potential new class of attacks that evade all known security protections, a top computer ...
IBM, AT&T Build Technology to Quickly Move Data If Disaster Hits
When hurricanes come barreling toward land, people, airplanes and ships are relocated to avoid destruction. Now, some of the world's biggest technology companies are making advances in figuring out ...
PURE Introduces Self-Serve Member Portal
Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property/casualty insurer that caters exclusively to high-net-worth individuals and families, announced the release of the ...
IBM’s Watson Teams Up With USAA on Customer-Facing Application
Fresh off of six months of training with a team from USAA, IBM's Watson is poised to answer questions from USAA's members in the first commercial use of the artificially intelligent computer as a ...
Carriers Strive to Improve Claims Technology
Insurers continue to focus on improving claims technology, according to Karlyn Carnahan, research director at Celent. The main area of improvement is the replacement of aging claims administration ...
Computers Writing Earnings Reports
Unless you follow me on Twitter (@SSCLAF or @CarrierMgmt), you probably missed what I viewed as one of the recent highlights of the IICF Women in Insurance Regional Forum. There was lots of good ...
Governments Will Gain Free Access to RMS Cat Modeling Technology
RMS said it will give governments free access to its new catastrophe modeling software program through a new initiative with The World Bank and United Nations. A particular goal here is to increase ...
CoreLogic Announces New EQECAT Platform, Japan EQ, Two Other Models
CoreLogic, a provider of property information, analytics and data-enabled services, released a new version of its EQECAT natural catastrophe modeling platform on Wednesday. The new platform contains ...