Technology & Analytics
What Boards Would Like to Know About Catastrophe Losses
As the founder of AIR, one of the top two modeling companies, and its CEO for 20 years, I spent much of my career informing insurers and reinsurers about catastrophe models and extolling the virtues ...
OnStar to Offer Driver Feedback
OnStar has announced that it will offer customers the opportunity to sign up for a new service that can tell them how well they drive and provide some customers an opportunity to seek discounts from ...
RMS Reflects on the 2014 Catastrophe Risk Landscape
For the insurance industry, 2014 was not a year of big losses. However, look more closely and you will see a string of near misses and important reminders of the forces that can wreak destruction and ...
USAA Makes Strategic Investment in CaféX
USAA, an insurance and financial services company for military families, has made a strategic investment in CaféX, a provider of real-time engagement solutions for mobile and web platforms. CaféX ...Verisk Launches Next-Gen Commercial Property Data Analytics System
Verisk Insurance Solutions - Commercial Property, part of Verisk Analytics, has launched the next generation of its ProMetrix suite of data and analytics for commercial property carriers. Updates to ...
Risk and Insurance Experts Predict Thanksgiving NFL Winners, Losers
Ah, Thanksgiving. A time for family, good meals and joy—unless your team epically fails on national television, stirring your gut into an acidic cauldron of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and ...
Big Data and Insurance: Coming to a Supermarket Near You
If supermarket chains wanted to get in the business of selling property/casualty insurance, there is a source of consumer information they might tap to identify the best risks that most P/C actuaries ...
Advice From a Futurist
If you think the colors of the triangular yield sign on North American roadways are yellow and black, then you might not be ready to lead your organizations into the future. While futurist Jack ...