Technology & Analytics
Extreme Weather Makes Weather Trackers Valuable to Insurers, Banks, Commodity Traders
Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. The senior vice president for weather at DTN, a Minnesota-based analytics firm, knows that an ...
InsurTech Will Revolutionize Inland Marine by Cutting Costs for Customers, Carriers
InsurTech advances will soon drive down unacceptably high expense ratios in the inland marine sector, making it possible to insure even hard-to-place small or one-off inland marine risks at the best ...
Marsh, Insurers Debut Program to Help Firms Pick Best Cybersecurity Products
What the insurance industry has done for auto and building safety products, insurance broker Marsh wants to extend to cybersecurity products. That is, recommend the cybersecurity products that are ...
Hannover Re Debuts Match-Making Service for InsurTechs and Insurers
Insurtech companies across the globe have created an abundance of innovative solutions and services that span the insurance value chain. However, the challenge for both insurers and insurtechs is how ...
Executives on the Move at Willis Re, NJM, Metromile and Betterview
NJM Insurance Group named a new CFO. A former Uber-engineering executive joined the Metromile team. The former leader data scientist of Farmers is now at Betterview. Willis Re has a new head of ...
Consumers Excited to Exchange Personal Data for Cheaper Financial Products; Privacy Remains a Concern
Carriers focusing on telematics and other tools that measure customer behavior in exchange for lower prices may be onto something. A new Accenture report has found that insurance or banking products ...
U.S. Reviewing 5G Security Over Hacking Concerns, Huawei Worries
The Department of Homeland Security is conducting a broad review of risks posed by 5G technology, officials said, as the U.S. grapples with concerns about the new network's vulnerability to hacking ...
ChainThat Will Debut Blockchain-Driven Risk and Capital Exchange in Bermuda
A blockchain-driven risk and capital exchange for the insurance and reinsurance market is set to be launched in Bermuda later this year by ChainThat. The exchange will allow broker, reinsurance and ...