Technology & Analytics
Avoiding the Pitfalls and Pratfalls of a UBI Product Launch
Any usage-based auto insurance (UBI) product launch is vulnerable to common reversals that can slow or even derail the project. Some simply cause delays, but others have cost the clients significant ...
IBM Giving ‘Jeopardy’ Champion Watson Its Own Division
International Business Machines Corp. is turning Watson, the technology that triumphed over human "Jeopardy!" contestants, into a separate division to help the computing-services giant return to ...
Top Insurance Product News of 2013: Cloud Computing
Cyber liability coverages dominated the insurance product news cycle again in 2013, but one segment of this risk insurers are still grappling with how to insure is cloud computing. The real story ...
Zurich Insurance Names AIG’s Dickie Chief Operations Officer
Zurich Insurance Group AG, the biggest Swiss insurer, appointed Robert Dickie as chief operations and technology officer, filling the last open position after a string of executive departures. ...
Cyber Threats Targeting Insurers Mount; Carriers Not Keeping Pace
While insurers have made significant security improvements, they have not kept pace with today's determined cyber adversaries. As a result, many rely on yesterday's security practices to combat the ...
Chart-Topping Carrier Management Charts: Top D&O Insurers, Analytics Analysis
In addition to feature articles, news articles, videos and podcasts, Carrier Management published dozens of charts in 2013, the most popular of which featured rankings of insurers. As the year comes ...
Carrier Management’s Top 5 Podcasts of 2013
Audio summaries of the news were available to Carrier Management readers in two forms this year. Some of our popular feature articles, such as "Reinsurers Target Regional Carriers as Alternative ...
CoreLogic Acquires Catastrophe Modeler EQECAT
CoreLogic, an Irivine, Calif. company that provides the insurance, financial services and real estate industries with data and analytics, has acquired catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT from ABS Group. ...