Technology/Science
If You Don’t Have a CIO on Your Board, You’re in Trouble (and You May Not Even Know It)
It's a widely accepted truism in this new millennium—if not an entirely proven one—that technology drives innovation and innovation drives competitive advantage. Whether or not that's completely ...
Insurance Outsourcer Patriot National Pays $10M For Software/Services Outfit
A company that handles insurance industry outsourcing in the workers compensation space has snatched up a business that provides software and services to P/C companies. Specifically, Patriot National ...
Data on Health Data Breaches Published
Between 2010 and 2013, data breaches of protected health information reported by HIPAA-covered entities increased and involved approximately 29 million records, with most data breaches resulting from ...
Amazon Drones: The Costs and The Benefits
Amazon.com Inc.'s proposed use of drones could drive down the cost to deliver small packages crosstown to about $1— a fraction of existing same-day delivery options, according to a study by a ...
Chance of El Niño Now Up to 70%, Says U.S. Climate Center
A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday raised its forecast for the chance of El Niño conditions during the Northern Hemisphere summer to 70 percent, up from a 60 percent chance last month, ...
Cool Atlantic Could Mean Very Quiet Hurricane Season: CSU Forecast
The Atlantic Ocean may have one of its quietest hurricane seasons in decades because of cooler water in the Atlantic and an El Nino in the Pacific, Colorado State University forecasters said. William ...
Asia Growth Expected from Beazley Lloyd’s Syndicate Pact With Korean Re
Beazley and Korean Re announced a partnership to develop business together and to set up a special purpose syndicate at Lloyd's, Syndicate 6050. "We hope this collaboration will enable Beazley to ...
Amazon Gets Fresh Approval for Drone Tests
Amazon.com Inc. has won approval from U.S. federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors, less than a month after the e-commerce powerhouse blasted regulators for being slow to approve ...