Technology/Science
Marrying Cars and Smartphones: Qualcomm Technology Could Assist Insurers
Qualcomm Inc., a maker of smartphone chips and software, recently unveiled fourth-generation LTE modems that will enable cars to stay better-connected wirelessly to cloud-based services via the Web. ...
Two Verisk Divisions Address Cyber and Hail Risks With New Products
Hail and cyber attacks are two of the bigger property/casualty risks, one long-standing and the other, a fast-evolving problem. Two Verisk Analytics subsidiaries have rolled out new products designed ...
Physicians Surveyed Say Climate Change Impacts Human Health
The American Thoracic Society has published the results of a survey of its members on climate change finding that the majority believe climate change is real and that it is having a negative impact ...
Climate Change Modeling on Cusp of Paradigm Shift
In the face of growing interest in climate change impacts, several big catastrophe modelers said they've heard from more clients interested in receiving climate-related data and they believe the ...
Study Finds Cooler Pacific Temporarily Slowing Global Warming
A natural cooling of the Pacific Ocean has contributed to slow global warming in the past decade but the pause is unlikely to last much longer, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. The slowdown in the ...
Internet Domain .insurance to Be Available by End of 2015
The top-level Internet domain ".insurance" should be available to the industry late this year, according to a financial services-backed organization that operates generic domains including ".bank." ...
BlackBerry Offering Access to Android Apps
BlackBerry rolled out a major software update on Thursday, allowing users of its entire suite of BlackBerry 10 devices such as the Z10, Q10 and Z30 to access Android applications, and a host of other ...
Midwest Flooding More Frequent: University Study
The U.S. Midwest and surrounding states have endured increasingly more frequent flood episodes over the past half-century, according to a study from the University of Iowa. The UI researchers based ...