Latest Data Driven Headlines

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South Carolina Issues Hurricane Florence Data Call, Emergency Order to Insurers

Sep 17 2018 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance has issued two Hurricane Florence-related notices to all property and casualty insurers doing business in the state.SCDOI Director Ray Farmer issued an emergency regulation Friday...

Lloyd’s Modernization Plans Move Full-Steam Ahead

Sep 17 2018 // Earlier this year, this reporter was walking on Lime Street, the home of Lloyd’s of London, dodging raindrops. She observed a broker, carrying a large blue binder containing documents for an underwriting risk, had...

South Carolina to Hold Info Session on New Insurance Data Security Law

Sep 7 2018 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance will hold an information session Monday, Sept. 10, on the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act for state insurance licensees.According to a media release, it will address...

South Carolina Insurer Data Security Law Should Be Nationwide Role Model

Sep 5 2018 // In October 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted the Insurance Data Security Model Bill, also known as the NAIC “Model Law.”NAIC’s Model Law seeks to establish a guiding...

Rebranding and Embracing Change to Thrive in the Future of Work

Sep 3 2018 // The wave of innovation has taken the insurance industry by storm, forever changing organizations, processes and people alike. Risk management telematics are calculating accurate policies for underwriters, big data is...

Insurance Data for Sale in China – Despite Strict Data Protection Laws

Aug 23 2018 // When William Zhang’s car insurance was about to expire in March, he didn’t need to look far for renewal options. In the two months before the policy was up Zhang received calls almost daily from insurers trying...

Experian’s Hickman Joins Marsh as Global Head of Data Science Unit

Aug 22 2018 // Global insurance broker Marsh has appointed Andrew Hickman as global head of Data Science within its broader Digital, Data and Analytics Practice. In this newly-created role, Hickman is responsible for advancing...

How, Why and Where Insurance Agencies Should Use Data Analytics

Aug 22 2018 // As the data insurance agencies and brokerages continues to grow, agency managers are faced with having to answer how, why and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data.The answer to the “why”...

ACORD Launches Data Toolkit for London Market Reinsurance, Big Commercial Risks

Aug 17 2018 // ACORD, the global standards body for the insurance industry, has launched an Adoption Toolkit to support the application of data standards for global reinsurance and large commercial risks in the London market.“The...

Why Not Just Retrain Pedestrians to Make Self-Driving Vehicles Safer?

Aug 17 2018 // You’re crossing the street wrong.That is essentially the argument some self-driving car boosters have fallen back on in the months after the first pedestrian death attributed to an autonomous vehicle and amid growing...

New AI Programs Can Learn How to Beat Best Cyber Defenses

Aug 10 2018 // The nightmare scenario for computer security – artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses – may already have arrived.That warning from security researchers is driven...

Did Big Data Enable Lloyd’s to Predict France’s World Cup Win? Well, Maybe…

Jul 16 2018 // Ahead of the recent World Cup in Russia, Lloyd’s of London predicted that France would be victorious. And victorious they were – with a 4-2 win against Croatia on Sunday.Interestingly, Lloyd’s also predicted...

Analytics as an Answer to Strategic HR Management

Jul 16 2018 // It is hard to imagine modern human resources management without analytics. A growing emphasis on productivity and employee engagement has inspired organizations to collect and analyze workforce data. As young professionals...

Analytics Advice for Agencies How, Why and Where Agencies Should Use Data Analytics

Jul 16 2018 // The data insurance agencies and brokerages possess is ever-growing. Thus, agency managers need to be able to answer how, why, and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data.The answer to the...

UK Regulator Warns Insurers, Banks About Responsible Use of Customers’ Big Data

Jul 12 2018 // Britain’s banks and insurers must take the lead in spelling out how they will use data collected from customers or they could face new rules, Financial Conduct Authority Chair Charles Randell said on...

Robots Portend Grim Future for Working Class: Viewpoint

Jul 6 2018 // Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and one of the pioneers of the world wide web, once declared:“The spread of computers and the internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and...

Planck Re, a Commercial Insurance Data Platform Startup, Raises $12M

Jul 6 2018 // Planck Re, a commercial insurance data platform startup, nailed down $12 million for its first formal financing.Arbor Ventures led the round, which also included Viola FinTech and Eight Roads. Plans call for the company to...

California’s Data Privacy Law a Concern, Opportunity for Insurance Industry

Jul 3 2018 // California is on track to have what will be the nation’s most far-reaching law to give consumers more control over their personal data.The new law may be both a big concern, as well as a new and important...

California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Exploring Blockchain, Behavioral Science

Jul 2 2018 // One wouldn’t normally associate blockchain with workers’ compensation, two completely different industries that seem worlds apart.But as it turns out, the technology is of value to at least one very important...

Beware ‘Tsunami’ Effect of Artificial Intelligence, Warns Allstate CEO Wilson

Jun 29 2018 // Artificial intelligence is coming for the service economy, according to Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson.“It’s going to rip through this economy like a tsunami,” Wilson said Thursday in...