Technology/Science
Target Will Not Face SEC Enforcement Action Over Data Breach
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won't pursue an enforcement action against Target Corp. after hackers stole data on 40 million credit and debit cards during the 2013 holiday shopping ...
Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Industry Jobs?
As technology takes over nearly every tenet of daily life, there is growing concern that jobs may be at stake. Could jobs in underwriting, claims and other areas of insurance soon be taken over by ...
The Impact of Robots Replacing Humans in the Workplace
As more companies begin to use robots in the workplace, many are beginning to weigh the risks. Earlier this month it was reported that a German worker was killed by a robot in a VW auto manufacturing ...
Progressive Insurance Survey: Millennials Want Fulfilling IT Jobs More Than Higher Pay
Progressive Insurance discovered one clue about millennials that could make it easier for carriers to bring them on board in the future: they're looking for fulfillment over money. That's ...
Zurich, EagleEye, Launch 14-Month Predictive Analytics Tech Test
Zurich Insurance Group will test a South Carolina company's predictive analytics technology in a 14-month trial. Zurich's deal with EagleEye Analytics is part of its global advanced analytics ...
Finding ‘Diamonds’ in Greenhouse Gas; Scientists Making Nanofibers from CO2
Finding a technology to shift carbon dioxide (CO2), the most abundant anthropogenic greenhouse gas, from a climate change problem to a valuable commodity has long been a dream of many scientists and ...
North Atlantic Hurricanes and Amazon Wildfires Linked: Research
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and NASA have uncovered a remarkably strong link between high wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and the devastating hurricanes that ravage North ...
Hurricane Katrina’s Legacy
Hurricane Katrina was a deadly storm that caused a large loss to the insurance industry—but not so large that it shouldn't have been anticipated by the catastrophe models. In the months after this ...