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RMS(one) To Be Available in April; ARA Putting Hurricane Model on Platform
On Tuesday, RMS announced that it will release version 1.0 of RMS(one), the company's exposure and risk-management platform, on Apr. 15, 2014. All RMS catastrophe models, as well as select models ...
Netflix’s House of Cards and Other Big Data Case Studies
How did program developers at Netflix know that viewers of the BBC television series "House of Cards" also enjoyed movies starring Kevin Spacey and directed by David Finch? They analyzed big data to ...U.S. Releases Guidelines for Improved Corporate Cybersecurity
The U.S. government on Wednesday released the final version of standards meant to help companies in nationally critical industries better defend against cyber attacks, and officials now face the ...U.S. to Unveil Voluntary Guidelines for Corporate Cybersecurity
The U.S. government is expected on Wednesday to release the final version of voluntary standards meant to help U.S. companies in nationally critical industries better protect themselves against cyber ...
‘The Mask’ Revealed; Researchers Find Cyber Spies Targeting Govt. Agencies, Energy Cos .
A computer security software firm has uncovered what it calls the first cyber espionage campaign believed to be started by a Spanish-speaking country, targeting government agencies, energy companies ...
P/C Executive Views: Data Security Strategies and Cyber Insurance Sales
As cyber attackers continue to menace businesses in all industry sectors, property/casualty insurers are working to provide network security and privacy coverage. But how are the insurers managing ...
Towers Watson Releases UBI Auto Insurance Model
Towers Watson has launched DriveAbility 2.0 Score, an analytical scoring model designed for the automobile insurance industry. DriveAbility 2.0 Score includes a GPS version with location-specific ...
The Challenges Around Big Data and the Lessons to Be Learned
The hype around big data is focusing ever more attention on insurers' data management and analytics capabilities. Analysis of data, creation of predictive models and the ability to take action based ...