Technology/Science
China Passes Sweeping Cybersecurity Law; Foreign Opposition Remains
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations in the world's second-largest economy. ...
Want to Build a Chatbot? There’s an App for That
I built a chatbot. It can only do a handful of things, and it's even dumber than the average chatbot. But it works, and I can talk to it through Facebook Messenger. More importantly, I'm not a coder. ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb, Willis Towers Watson and XL Catlin
Chubb has expanded its business owner's policy to the technology industry and added specialized features. Willis Towers Watson launched an insurance product designed to protect financial institutions ...
Hiscox Helps Back Indio, a Commercial Insurance Broker Platform, in $2M Round
Hiscox is among the participants in a $2 million seed financing for Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers that aims to do what Sabre did for travel agents or Schwab did for wealth ...
Internet-Connected Appliances, Outdated Systems Vulnerable to Russia Cyber Attacks: UK Spy Chief Warns
Businesses and homes are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks as people install Internet-connected appliances and companies rely on outdated systems, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip ...
Measuring Casualty Cat Risk: What Underwriters and Actuaries Miss and Why
Last month, I was invited to speak at the Casualty Actuarial Society Loss Reserving Seminar in Chicago, where I had the opportunity to challenge the existing techniques designed to measure ...
Driverless Taxis Poised to be Transformational for Mass Transit
Mass transit, the lifeblood of cities worldwide, is under threat from the biggest innovation in automotive technology since Henry Ford's assembly line first flooded streets with cars. The ...
Embracing Technology Makes Good Business Sense: PCI Panel
Forget fearing technology and more technology-adept rivals. Embracing the change both bring to the table makes good business sense, a recent reinsurance industry panel concluded at the PCI Annual ...