Specialty
Burritos-by-Drone Testing Underway in the Virginia Mountains
Rising from the treetops, the whirring drone comes into view with its cargo tucked under the wing. It hovers about 25 feet above a bullseye on the grass. A white trapezoidal box descends, does a ...
Hurricane Matthew Could Leave Behind Nearly $15B in Florida Economic Losses
Hurricane Matthew has thousands fleeing the U.S. Southeast where it's expected to batter the coastline and threaten electricity supplies to more than 1 million people in Florida. Potential losses are ...
Having a Data Breach Preparedness Plan Is Not Enough
Most organizations currently have a data breach preparedness plan in place, but a new study indicates that executives are not updating or practicing the plan regularly and lack confidence in its ...
J&J Warns Patents Their Insulin Pumps Carry Cyber Hacking Risks
Johnson & Johnson is telling patients that it has learned of a security vulnerability in one of its insulin pumps that a hacker could exploit to overdose diabetic patients with insulin, though it ...
A ‘Hard Brexit’ Could Cost British Finance Firms $48.3B in Revenue
Britain's financial industry could lose up to 38 billion pounds ($48.34 billion) in revenue in a so-called 'hard Brexit' that would leave it with restricted access to the European Union's single ...
Online CyberPolicy Sales a Reality; CoverHound’s Site Is Live for Small Biz
Two weeks after unveiling business insurance offerings like workers compensation and general liability for small businesses on its online platform, CoverHound is launching another ...
SOMPO to Grab Endurance for $6.3 Billion in International Expansion Move
SOMPO Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Bermuda-based insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. for about $6.3 billion, the company's biggest acquisition as it expands further outside of Japan. The ...
Praedicat Signs Swiss Re to New Liability Insurance Risk Modeling Platform
Praedicat, a liability catastrophe modeling company, released its new liability insurance risk modeling platform and says it has secured Swiss Re as its first licensee. The new platform, known as ...