Technology/Science
Insurers Struggling With Cyber Risk Market; Staffing an Issue
Insurers are eagerly eyeing exponential growth in the tiny cyber coverage market, but their lack of experience and skills handling hackers and data breaches may keep their ambitions in check. ...
No El Niño Yet But Chances Remain High: U.S. Climate Center
A weather-changing El Niño has yet to develop in the Pacific Ocean, according to government forecasters are who maintaining a "watch" initiated in March. The chances that the warming of the ...
Climate Change May Bring More Kidney Stones
As daily temperatures increase, so does the number of patients seeking treatment for kidney stones. In a study that may both reflect and foretell a warming planet's impact on human health, a research ...
Valen Analytics Releases New ‘Risk Score’ for Workers Comp Insurers
Valen Analytics, a provider of proprietary data, analytics and predictive modeling to help insurers manage and drive underwriting profitability, has announced its new Risk Score for workers ...
University Researchers Working on Sinkhole Predictor
Researchers at the University of Central Florida are devising a way to predict sinkholes. The researchers said last week that they've created a sinkhole simulator to help them understand what causes ...
Carriers Strive to Improve Claims Technology
Insurers continue to focus on improving claims technology, according to Karlyn Carnahan, research director at Celent. The main area of improvement is the replacement of aging claims administration ...
Senate Panel Approves Bill Protecting Firms Sharing Hacker-Threat Data
A Senate panel approved a bill that would give Bank of America Corp., Visa Inc. and other companies operating critical U.S. computer systems legal protections for sharing hacking threats with each ...
German Airport Has Robot Valet Parking Cars
Plane to catch and don't feel like hunting for parking? Travelers at Duesseldorf airport in Germany can soon leave the job to a robot valet. An airport spokesman says the robot, nicknamed Ray, starts ...