Technology/Science
InsurTech Hippo Debuts With Promise of Bound Homeowners Policy in 3 Minutes
An InsurTech company launched in California today with the promise of providing online homeowners insurance quotes in 60 seconds in what the Mountain View, Calif.-based company is calling "the most ...
Hackers Seek Increasingly Pricy Ransoms to Free up Tainted Computers
Hackers are demanding increasingly hefty ransoms to free computers paralyzed with viruses, as cyber criminals seek to maximize profits from large numbers of victims willing to pay up, according to ...
Israeli Cybersecurity Company Sees Autos as Significant Growth Market
The Israeli cybersecurity company that pioneered corporate firewalls is making deeper inroads with the auto industry. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the world's second-biggest provider of ...
New York’s New Cyber Regulation Could Impact D&O Liability Coverage
While the full implications of the New York State Department of Financial Services' (DFS) cybersecurity regulation, which went into effect March 1, are still being realized by the insurance industry, ...
RIMS 2017: Experts Urge Insurers to Treat Cyber As Risk Management Issue
If fire breaks out in a building, you wouldn't run out and buy and extinguisher to fight it after the fact. You'd likely already have one. The same idea should apply to cyber insurance, and yet ...
Vertafore Acquires RiskMatch
Insurance technology firm Vertafore said it has acquired RiskMatch, a Connecticut-based business intelligence and analytics company that provides portfolio management and placement services to ...
Swiss Re Economists Win International Awards for Research on Catastrophe Protection Gap
Thomas Holzheu and Ginger Turner of Swiss Re have received Shin Research Excellence Awards for their paper on "The Natural Catastrophe Protection Gap." The awards are given by the Geneva Association ...
CoverHound Launches Online Rideshare Offering
Online insurance comparison shopping platform CoverHound announced last week that it will offer auto insurance quotes to the drivers of rideshare services, such as Uber and Lyft. This new service ...