CTO / Technology
SNL Acquires Analytics Firm iPartners
SNL Insurance, a division of SNL, has acquired iPartners LLC, which offers analytics and reporting software and services that help insurers collect and analyze internal business data. Terms were not ...
3 More Well-Known But Unidentified Retailers Were Breach Victims: Reuters
Target Corp. and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other merchants ...
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Pratfalls of a UBI Product Launch
Any usage-based auto insurance (UBI) product launch is vulnerable to common reversals that can slow or even derail the project. Some simply cause delays, but others have cost the clients significant ...
IBM Giving ‘Jeopardy’ Champion Watson Its Own Division
International Business Machines Corp. is turning Watson, the technology that triumphed over human "Jeopardy!" contestants, into a separate division to help the computing-services giant return to ...
Top Insurance Product News of 2013: Cloud Computing
Cyber liability coverages dominated the insurance product news cycle again in 2013, but one segment of this risk insurers are still grappling with how to insure is cloud computing. The real story ...
Zurich Insurance Names AIG’s Dickie Chief Operations Officer
Zurich Insurance Group AG, the biggest Swiss insurer, appointed Robert Dickie as chief operations and technology officer, filling the last open position after a string of executive departures. ...
Cyber Threats Targeting Insurers Mount; Carriers Not Keeping Pace
While insurers have made significant security improvements, they have not kept pace with today's determined cyber adversaries. As a result, many rely on yesterday's security practices to combat the ...
Yahoo Says Malware Spread Through Some Ads on European Sites
Some advertisements on Yahoo Inc's European websites last week spread malicious software, Yahoo said on Sunday, potentially infecting thousands of users. On Friday, Fox-IT, a Delft, Netherlands-based ...