Technology/Science
It Could Happen. But How Much Would Calif. Quake Impacting Both NorCal, SoCal Cost?
A large earthquake along the San Andreas fault impacting both Northern and Southern California at the same time could wreak much more havoc than previously thought. In fact, such an event was ...
Network of Trust: How Traity’s Cartagena Is Improving the World, One Reputation at a Time
Does a person's online social networking reputation affect whether or not the individual can be trusted? Juan Cartagena is betting his company's future on it. Cartagena is the founder and CEO of ...
How Esurance Modernized Its Digital Customer Engagement Program
In days past, insurance customers had no other option but to call or visit an insurance agent to enroll, manage their account or make a claim. That was the nature of the age-old industry. But now, ...
The Latest Launches From QBE North America, Aon, Arch Insurance and More
QBE North America and Stateside Underwriting Agency will provide new products for mortgage-related professionals. Aon unveiled a service for companies struggling to comply with new EU data protection ...
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 ...