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Title Insurer Settles SEC Charges On Cyber Controls, Pays Nearly $0.5M
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the resolution of charges against First American Financial Corporation alleging lax cybersecurity controls and procedures, with the federal ...
Can 3D Printing Solve U.S. Housing Shortage?
A new generation of startups wants to disrupt the way houses are built by automating production with industrial 3D printers. 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, uses machines to ...
Hello Future. How Carriers and Reinsurers Are Facing Tomorrow
Welcome to Carrier Management's 2021 Midyear Update—What's Next? The young woman on the cover of Carrier Management's summer digital magazine edition looks relaxed and eager to embrace the future. ...
How to Value an InsurTech
Next year, Chubb (tracing its roots back to the birth of the Insurance Company of North America) will turn 230 years old, an extraordinary feat of longevity that partly explains why it's the world's ...
IoT Players ‘Greasing the Skids’ to Boost Growth of Sensor Tech
Sensor technology is no longer an emerging technology in commercial property/casualty insurance. It has emerged—and is rapidly growing, according to executives who bring the Internet of Things ...
Systemic Risk Analysis: Are Cyber Insurers Whistling Past the Graveyard?
While ransomware was the hot topic at 2021 midyear insurance industry conferences, discussions of the broader topic of systemic risk—spurred on by recent hacks of SolarWinds and Microsoft ...
Software Bug, Not Cyber Attack, Takes Down Airlines, Banks
A software bug at a major network provider briefly knocked dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe offline during peak business hours in Asia. Akamai, which ...
InsurTechs Help Carriers Bridge the Digital Divide in Multiple Ways
As the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many insurers to embrace more technology, there has been some talk of how InsurTechs can step in and help insurers navigate the ever-changing digital space. "I ...