Technology/Science
More Tornadoes Spinning Eastward to Populated Areas, Worrying Scientists
Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting—decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi River and farther east, a new study shows. ...
Munich Re Closes Acquisition of IoT Startup That Helps Companies Pursue ‘Digital Transformations’
Munich Re has closed its acquisition of relayr, an Internet of Things-related software company in which it had initially invested in 2016. The acquisition, through Munich Re subsidiary Hartford Steam ...
British Airways Warns an Additional 185,000 Customers May Have Been Hit in Cyber Attack
International Airlines Group said an investigation into the theft of customers' data at its British Airways subsidiary showed hackers may have stolen the personal information of a further 185,000 ...
InsurTech Profile: Kordinator Adds Empathy to Automated Customer Service
Automated customer service is a fact of life. In fact, many people are more comfortable sharing personal details with a machine than with a human. But automation must appreciate that not every ...
U.S. Govt. Official Wants Self-Driving Car Industry to Develop Better Safety Metrics
Autonomous vehicle manufacturers need a better yardstick to show that their products are safe, said Derek Kan, under secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. The metrics that ...
Cyber Attack on AXA Prompts Mexico Central Bank Alert
Mexico's central bank said on Tuesday it had raised the security alert level in its payment system after a non-banking financial user reported "inconsistencies" in the cash payment matching system. ...
The Latest Launches From AIR Worldwide and London Market Group
AIR Worldwide said it has come up with a new cyber risk model that can account for specific incidents for global insurance portfolios. The London Market Group (LMG) will work with Sequel to develop a ...
Cyber Insurance Continues to Be Both Risky Proposition and Enticing Market
While there are some issues with the data, virtually every report shows the cyber insurance market growing. Aon Benfield had it growing 37 percent last year to $1.8 billion. It's profitable and the ...