Technology/Science
P/C Insurers Seize Cyber Coverage Market Opportunities
Insurers flush with capital are rushing to grab part of an expanding cyber coverage market that's been spurred on by high-profile hackings at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Home Depot Inc. Sales are ...
Insurers Wary of ‘The Cloud’ Have Options for High Performance Models: AIR COO
Immediacy is the new norm in today's business environment, and catastrophe risk management is no exception. The insurance industry is increasing its use of catastrophe modeling to inform business ...
JPMorgan Cyber Attacks Sign That Rate of Trouble Will Increase
Tom Ridge, the first homeland security chief under President George W. Bush, says companies face more risk of cyber attacks similar to those that struck JPMorgan Chase & Co., Home Depot Inc. and ...
A Reinsurer’s Perspective on the Current Catastrophe Modeling Landscape
Charles Dickens couldn't have predicted what has happened in the reinsurance industry the last 10 years. It has been the best of times for coastal inhabitants of the United States, as it has been a ...
Work-Related BYOD Use: Potentially More Costly Than Previously Thought
The California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, issued a decision that has broad implications for businesses with California-based employees. In Cochran v. Schwan's Home Service Inc. (Cal. App. 2 Dist. ...
Insurers Envision Slight IT Spending Hikes for 2015: Novarica
Most insurers only plan modest increases in their IT budgets in 2015. And while other industries are spending more and more in emerging tech areas such as mobile insurance, big data and the cloud, ...
Inside Hackers: $40B Threat for U.S. Employers
Fired from a job as a technology contractor for a Toyota Motor Corp. factory in Kentucky, Ibrahimshah Shahulhameed went home, logged into the company's computer network and attacked it with ...
Good-Bye Windows 8; Microsoft Previewing New Op System Tuesday
Microsoft Corp will unveil a new name for its best-known product on Tuesday when it offers the first official glimpse of its latest Windows operating system. The project, known for the past few years ...