Personal Lines
Chubb Chief Digital Officer Ringsted Sounds Off on Innovation, ITC and the Future
Sean Ringsted was one of the 7,000 or so people who attended the 2019 InsureTech Connect Conference, held Sept. 23 to 25 in Las Vegas. Ringsted is executive vice president, chief digital officer and ...
Carrier Technology Shopping Lists
If this were the Christmas holiday season for insurance carriers, machine learning, big data, analytics and security would be high on their shopping lists. Insurer IT spending is growing for 2020, ...
Brexit Business Opportunity: More Deals in Legacy General Insurance Policies
Britain's impending departure from the European Union is creating expansion opportunities for specialist general insurers who buy up and manage policies closed to new customers. Whether Britain ...
Could Your USB Cable Connect You to Hackers? — and More CM Risk Alerts
Some of the technology meant to help in your daily life may be hurting you as well. A modified USB cable could leave you connected to the bad guys. Your virtual assistant may be opening the backdoor ...
Deadly Los Angeles Wildfire Started Near Electrical Utility Transmission Tower
A deadly wind-driven wildfire that raged across the northern edge of Los Angeles last week started near the base of high-voltage transmission tower owned by electric utility Southern California ...
The Times They Are A-Changin’: How the Rise of Autonomous Vehicles Will Impact Insurers
As insurers and investors alike get excited about new growth opportunities like cyber insurance and new parametric products, it's easy to forget about the technologies and cultural trends that will ...
Private U.S. P/C Insurers Generated Record Surplus in H1 2019
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers produced a record surplus in the 2019 first half, driven up by carriers' income and unrealized capital gains, Verisk and the American Property Casualty ...
Hurricane Dorian Ties an Atlantic Hurricane Landfall Record: Aon
Hurricane Dorian's early September onslaught in the Bahamas, North Carolina and Canada produced total economic and insured losses in the billions, according to Aon's monthly Global Catastrophe Recap ...