Technology/Science
Fracking Officially Banned in New York, Ending Seven-Year Review
New York formalized its ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas on Monday, concluding a seven-year environmental and health review that drew a record number of public comments. "After ...
AIR Worldwide Releases Updated U.S. Hurricane Model
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide has updated its U.S. hurricane model with a hydrodynamic storm surge module that integrates storm parameters with high-resolution elevation data to simulate ...
Liberty Mutual Launches Telematics Option For Home Smoke Alarms
Liberty Mutual Insurance hopes to advance the use of telematics in the home, with promises of extra discounts to customers who use a high-tech smoke and carbon monoxide alarm and agree to share the ...
Near Collision for Two Self-Driving Cars, Passenger Says
Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc. and the other by Delphi Automotive Plc, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive told Reuters ...
Allianz, Unipol Join With New U.K. Insurance Industry Startup ‘BootCamp’
Allianz, Unipol Group and other international insurance players are participating partners in a new "bootcamp" launched in the U.K. for industry startups. An underlying goal: to propel innovation, ...
AIR Releases New Version of Touchstone Catastrophe Modeling Platform
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide is rolling out an updated version of Touchstone, its total risk management tool that performs advanced analytics to help companies better own their risk. ...
Willis Beefs Up Cyber Risk Practice With Marsh, Wells Fargo and ACE USA Hires
Willis is bringing on executives from Marsh, Wells Fargo Insurance Services and ACE USA to help beef up its cyber risk management consulting business. Specifically, the new hires will become part of ...
Insurance Outsourcer Patriot National Acquires InsureLinx
Patriot National Inc., a national provider of outsourcing solutions to the insurance industry, has acquired Fla.-based InsureLinx, a provider of technology services for workers compensation ...