Technology/Science
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 ...
An Evolving Risk: Marsh’s Parisi on the Importance of Cyber Coverage
Marsh has tracked the evolution of cyber risk over the last 20 years as it has grown in scope—from technology failure to cyber terrorism and more. Cyber insurance has become an increasingly crucial ...
European Luxury Cars May Drive Themselves Before Google Rollout
Cars could be driving themselves down the world's streets far sooner than expected, thanks to a change in a global treaty backed by European countries. A little-noticed amendment to the United ...
British Researchers Studying Childhood Brain Development Impact of Mobile Phone Use
British researchers are launching the largest study in the world to investigate whether using mobile phones and other wireless gadgets might affect children's brain development. The Study of ...
Smoke Detector Recall By Google’s Nest Labs Reveals 440,000 Shipped in U.S.
Google Inc'.s Nest Labs is recalling 440,000 smoke detectors, according to a U.S. government notice on Wednesday that provides the first public revelation of how many of the smart home appliances ...
NOAA Forecasts 3 to 6 Hurricanes for Atlantic Storm Season
Three to six hurricanes will probably form in the Atlantic this year in what is forecast to be a near- to below-normal storm season. Eight to 13 named systems are expected in the six-month season ...
If Cars Drive Themselves, How Will Actuaries Make Sense of Data to Price the Risks?
Scientists and engineers predict the day is near when cars drive themselves, but that doesn't mean that traveling on the highway will be entirely carefree. There will be accidents, and someone will ...