CTO / Technology
Possible Infrastructure Disruption, Claims Resulting From Geomagnetic Storms
Solar and geomagnetic activity is expected to peak this year, increasing the possibility of disruption to government and private infrastructure. According to Rade Musulin, COO Aon Benfield Analytics ...
Should Tweeting CEOs Be Muzzled or Glorified?
If the CEO of a public company posts good news about the company's booming business on Facebook, does that same CEO have an obligation to post information about a subsequent business decline? The ...
End of Road for Auto Insurance
The auto insurance industry is dead. The last non-renewal notice has been sent, the last credit score has been calculated, and the last tee time made by a personal lines marketing rep has been moved ...
U.S. Regulators To Weigh In On Health Effects Of Cellphone Radio Waves
U.S. regulators are looking into how radio frequencies emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices affect people amid lingering concerns about the risks of cellphone radiation. The Federal ...
Analysis: How Outsourcing to India Is Changing and Why
India's IT outsourcers are promoting "mini CEOs" capable of running businesses on their own, while trimming down on the hordes of entry-level computer coders they normally hire as they try to squeeze ...
U.S. Cyber Plan Calls For More Scanning Of Private Web Traffic
The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that scans Internet traffic headed into and out of defense contractors to include far more of the country's private, civilian-run ...
Industry IT Spending To Grow, But At Slower Rate in ’13: Celent
Total insurance IT spending globally will continue to grow in 2013—but at a slower pace than in 2012—and most of the money spent will go towards maintenance rather than new projects, Celent ...
Imagining A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to ...