Technology & Analytics
China Passes Sweeping Cybersecurity Law; Foreign Opposition Remains
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations in the world's second-largest economy. ...
Hiscox Helps Back Indio, a Commercial Insurance Broker Platform, in $2M Round
Hiscox is among the participants in a $2 million seed financing for Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers that aims to do what Sabre did for travel agents or Schwab did for wealth ...
Embracing Technology Makes Good Business Sense: PCI Panel
Forget fearing technology and more technology-adept rivals. Embracing the change both bring to the table makes good business sense, a recent reinsurance industry panel concluded at the PCI Annual ...
The Data Mindset Disconnect: Why Frontline Employees Need to Think in Terms of Data
How many employees at your organization have a firm grasp on how the Internet really works? The number is likely very few. Layer in knowing how to use the power of the Internet to better all types of ...
Verisk Buys Analyze Re
Data firm Verisk Analytics Inc. said it has acquired Halifax, Novia Scotia-based Analyze Re, a software analytics provider for the reinsurance and insurance industries founded in 2013. Terms of the ...
Reporter’s Notebook: 10 Takeaways From InsureTechConnect
You've probably heard there is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or InsurTech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October ...
Does Analytics Mark the End of Underwriter Influence?
Underwriting is the secret sauce of the insurance industry. The process of selecting and pricing risk is essential to the profitability of a carrier, and the deep expertise necessary for this skill ...
Praedicat Signs Swiss Re to New Liability Insurance Risk Modeling Platform
Praedicat, a liability catastrophe modeling company, released its new liability insurance risk modeling platform and says it has secured Swiss Re as its first licensee. The new platform, known as ...