Technology/Science
Behind the Firewall: Underwriting Cyber Risk for Google Cloud Users
The best cyber underwriting information often is the least accessible. A thorough assessment of information security practices requires data from inside an organization's firewall, which is both ...
U.S. Auto Buyers Not Sold on Electric Vehicles
The world's major automakers have made something abundantly clear: They believe electric vehicles will dominate their industry in the years ahead. Yet for that to happen, they'll need to sell the ...
Managed Retreat Needed Now; No Longer Last Resort for Climate Change
University of Delaware disaster researcher A.R. Siders believes it's time to put all the options on the table when it comes to discussing climate change adaptation. Managed retreat—the purposeful ...
Explaining Just How Fastly Problems Happen
An outage at a little-known firm that speeds up access to websites knocked a lot of top Internet destinations offline on Tuesday, June 8 disrupting business and leisure for untold millions globally. ...
Ex-AIG Exec Wilson Joins CLARA Analytics as CEO
A former AIG chief data officer is the new CEO at CLARA Analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence technology for the commercial insurance industry. The company's board of directors chose ...
Tractable Attracts $60M to Fuel Further Expansion of AI-Focused Disaster Recovery Tech
The InsurTech Tractable has pulled in $60 million in fresh venture capital. Executives expect to use the money to further the company's artificial intelligence technology for accident and disaster ...
Cambridge Mobile Telematics Acquires Rival TrueMotion in Major Expansion Push
Cambridge Mobile Telematics has acquired rival TrueMotion for an undisclosed price in a deal that give it an expanded presence and capabilities in the global auto insurance market. The cash and stock ...
AXA Investment Managers Broaden Deforestation Exclusions
AXA Investment Managers is expanding its palm oil investment strategy to exclude companies involved in major land use controversies or in causing biodiversity loss due to soy, cattle and timber, it ...