CTO / Technology
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 ...
CNA Central Offers Enhanced Online Endorsement Capability
CNA has announced a new automation upgrade to help agents process endorsements more efficiently. The online endorsement capability gives agents the ability to create "what-if" scenarios by generating ...
The IT Talent Question: Build or Buy?
Most insurance CIOs and IT leaders have grappled with the build-or-buy question as it relates to software. But the thornier and possibly more important context for the question is how it applies to ...
You Have Mail—and Storm Claims on Your Policies: BMS Launches Alerts
Incoming emails alerting carriers to weather claims on their policies are now automatically generated by BMS Group's iVision catastrophe risk management system, the intermediary announced earlier ...
Hacking Remains Growth Industry as Thefts Reach $445B
Cybercrime remains a growth industry. That's the main message from former U.S. intelligence officials, who in a report Monday outlined scenarios for how $445 billion a year in trade theft due to ...
World Cup Corporate Sponsors May Risk Cyber-Attack
The hacker group Anonymous is preparing a cyber-attack on corporate sponsors of the World Cup in Brazil to protest the lavish spending on the soccer games in a country struggling to provide basic ...
Smoke Detector Recall By Google’s Nest Labs Reveals 440,000 Shipped in U.S.
Google Inc'.s Nest Labs is recalling 440,000 smoke detectors, according to a U.S. government notice on Wednesday that provides the first public revelation of how many of the smart home appliances ...