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Future of AIR Worldwide’s Touchstone to Include Non-Cat Risk Analysis
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide on Monday announced that its next-generation software platform, Touchstone, will include the ability to account for both catastrophe and non-catastrophe risks ...
KKR Buying Insurance Claims Firm Mitchell in $1B Deal
KKR & Co., the private-equity firm led by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, agreed to buy Mitchell International Inc., the first buyout by the firm's technology group since the head of the team ...
Wells Media Launches Carrier Management Print Magazine
Wells Media Group Inc. has launched a new print publication, Carrier Management Magazine, for property/casualty (P/C) insurance executives. This magazine launch follows the spring debut of the ...
Predictive Analytics: Bringing Price Elasticity Concepts to P/C Insurance
The concept of price elasticity of demand has not received enough attention in the world of property/casualty insurance. Regulatory hurdles, a tradition of cost-plus pricing and maybe even an ...Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Names New Chief Information Officer
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance announced Tuesday that it has named James O. Roser as chief information officer. Roser has an extensive record of leadership in the business technology arena, ...U.S. Firms Seen as Targets of Syrian Cyber Attacks
The U.S. is planning for a possible wave of computer attacks against companies by hackers connected to Syria or Iran in retaliation for any military strike against the government of Bashar al-Assad, ...
United Insurance Holdings Corp. Appoints Andrew Swenson as VP & CIO
United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance) announced the appointment of Andrew Swenson as vice president and chief information officer on Tuesday. In this newly created position, Swenson will be ...
UBI Awareness Up But Still Only 36%, Survey Finds
A survey of more than 2,000 consumers published last week reveals that awareness of usage-based insurance has tripled in the last three years. But the survey figures published by LexisNexis Risk ...