Technology & Analytics
Bill Keogh Replacing Ruggieri as Advisen CEO
Former EQECAT President William (Bill) Keogh has been elected the new chief executive officer of data and analytics company Advisen Ltd. Keogh has dedicated much of his career to applied insurance ...
Novarica Brings on Insurance IT Vet For Leadership Team
Novarica said it is bringing on an international insurance technology veteran as a principal to the company. Mitch Wein will be joining the firm on Nov. 1, working out of its New York office. He was ...
Insurers Wary of ‘The Cloud’ Have Options for High Performance Models: AIR COO
Immediacy is the new norm in today's business environment, and catastrophe risk management is no exception. The insurance industry is increasing its use of catastrophe modeling to inform business ...
USAA Wants to Survey Disaster Site Damage With Drones
United Services Automobile Association, the provider of insurance to military families, is seeking permission to use unmanned drone aircraft to survey damage at disaster sites. USAA requested ...
A Reinsurer’s Perspective on the Current Catastrophe Modeling Landscape
Charles Dickens couldn't have predicted what has happened in the reinsurance industry the last 10 years. It has been the best of times for coastal inhabitants of the United States, as it has been a ...
Insurers Envision Slight IT Spending Hikes for 2015: Novarica
Most insurers only plan modest increases in their IT budgets in 2015. And while other industries are spending more and more in emerging tech areas such as mobile insurance, big data and the cloud, ...
Duperreault, Reardon Lead Hamilton Re Into the ‘Data Analytics’ Future
If you're going to successfully operate a relatively new reinsurance company in these troubled times, you better know what you're doing. Fortunately, Bermuda-based Hamilton Re would seem to pass ...
P/C Mutuals Worry Over Technology, Regulation and Capital: Conning
Property/casualty mutual insurance companies, facing stiff competition from their stock insurer rivals, are wary about the onslaught of technology, regulation and new sources of capital, Conning, ...