Technology/Science
Model Could Lower Drought Costs for Growers
A University of Florida-created model may help growers plant at optimal times and avoid crop-destroying drought, which can cost millions of dollars in a given year, according to one of the tool's ...
CNA Central Offers Enhanced Online Endorsement Capability
CNA has announced a new automation upgrade to help agents process endorsements more efficiently. The online endorsement capability gives agents the ability to create "what-if" scenarios by generating ...
The IT Talent Question: Build or Buy?
Most insurance CIOs and IT leaders have grappled with the build-or-buy question as it relates to software. But the thornier and possibly more important context for the question is how it applies to ...
University Analyzes the Big Data of Yahoo! Message Boards
A study by researchers at the University of Iowa suggests Yahoo's finance message boards have a small degree of ability to predict stock price movements. The study, "Stock Chatter: Using stock ...
Internet Security Firm Offers Free Protection for Political Blogs Against Cyber Attack
Internet security company Cloudflare said last Thursday that it will offer its full raft of protective services for free to "politically or artistically important" websites that come under ...
Geophysicist: Was Colorado Quake From Wastewater Injections?
A geophysicist from the University of Colorado is hoping to settle the question of whether a small earthquake May 31 near Greeley was caused by wastewater injection wells. The Greeley Tribune ...
Managing Flood Risk: AIR Worldwide’s Dr. Jayanta Guin Answers Questions
This summer, AIR Worldwide will release what it says is the property/casualty insurance industry's most detailed, physically based, probabilistic riverine flood model for the United States, answering ...
Microsoft Reveals Test of Real-Time Skype Language Translator
Microsoft Corp showed off a test version of a real-time, spoken-word translation service for Skype calls on Tuesday, the first time the world's largest software company has demonstrated the ...