Technology/Science
Cyber Attacks Becoming Significant Threat to Insurer Credit Quality: A.M. Best
Insurance rating agency A.M. Best still considers natural catastrophe losses to be the primary threat to the financial strength and credit quality of property/casualty insurers, but cyber-attack ...
Top Cyber Threats for 2016; Integrity Attack on Financial Sector Likely
Businesses should expect cyber criminals to attack through wearable devices, employees' home systems, cloud services and automobiles within the next year, according cyber experts at Intel's McAfee ...
States Graded ‘A’ to ‘F’ for Weather Preparedness
Many states across the country are unprepared to face the risks posed extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to a new report ...
How Virtual Agents Powered by Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Insurance
As with most industries within the financial services sector, insurance is facing the dual pressures of needing to keep costs down in a competitive environment while maintaining satisfaction ...
Hamilton Insurance Expands Into Space and Professional Lines
Hamilton Insurance Group plans to expand into space and professional lines, and has hired two senior underwriters to lead the effort. The expansion work will be through Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., ...
Telematics Does Indeed Shape Many Drivers’ Behavior: IRC Survey
With auto insurers such as Progressive and Allstate increasingly using telematics as an underwriting tool, the question remains as to whether the technology will truly influences drivers to be safer ...
Insurance CEOs Fearing ‘Uberization’ Eye Cognitive Computing: IBM Survey
The trend of "uberization"—industry disruption caused by an unlikely outside competitor—has become a key concern of executives in and outside the insurance industry, according to a new IBM study ...
Nationwide: Small Business Owners Lack Cyber Prep Plans
Small business owners in the United States are a wide, untapped customer base for property/casualty insurers developing coverage to address the escalating costs of cyber attacks. A recent ...