Technology/Science
The Latest Cyber Launches From Sompo International, Verisk and Guidewire
Sompo International Holdings has partnered with two companies to beef up its cyber risk management services for email security protection. Verisk rolled out an analytics product that aggregates cyber ...
Hackers Cripple Johannesburg and Demand Bitcoin Ransom
The City of Johannesburg shut down its website and billing systems after a group hacked into the authority's system and demanded a ransom of four Bitcoins worth about $30,000. The call center, ...
InsurTech Deals at $4B So Far in 2019, Blowing Past 2018 Full Year
InsurTech funding levels, reaching almost $4.4 billion in worldwide funding commitments through three quarters of the year, has already surpassed the 2018 full-year total, Willis Towers Watson ...
The Latest Launches From AIG, Aon and Risk Strategies
AIG is planning a new syndicate at Lloyd's designed to serve the specialist U.S. high net worth market. Aon announced the launch of an Aon-wide group created to increase the value and holistic ...
Climate Change Strengthening El Niños: Study
Climate change is making stronger El Niños, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet, a new study finds. Scientists examined 33 El Niños—natural warming of equatorial ...
Misuse of Alphabet’s Virus Scanner Exposes Sensitive Files
Companies are misusing Alphabet Inc.'s virus scanner and similar products, unwittingly leaking data such as factory blueprints to intellectual property online, Israeli cybersecurity company Otorio ...
Chubb Chief Digital Officer Ringsted Sounds Off on Innovation, ITC and the Future
Sean Ringsted was one of the 7,000 or so people who attended the 2019 InsureTech Connect Conference, held Sept. 23 to 25 in Las Vegas. Ringsted is executive vice president, chief digital officer and ...
Lawmakers Push for Removal of Tech Liability Shield
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is stepping up efforts to have U.S. trade officials eliminate a legal liability shield that tech companies are pushing to keep in new agreements, including a deal to ...