All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 8 2015 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry is about to be tested directly by the sharing economy.Two tech entrepreneurs have raised $13 million in initial funding to launch a peer-to-peer online property/casualty...
Dec 7 2015 // On Oct. 1, 2015, many of the insurance industry’s clients took on a lot more risk, and may not even know it. The Payment Card Industry, PCI, which is the self-regulating organization that oversees everyone that...
Dec 7 2015 // U.S. property/casualty insurers should expect disruptive changes in a number of areas in 2016, including technology, pricing, customer demand, and “heightened regulatory creep,” consultant Ernst & Young...
Nov 30 2015 // XL Catlin’s Cyber & Technology insurance business has launched a new online resource – CyberRiskIQ.com, to provide clients with support for cybersecurity readiness and incident response services.CyberRiskIQ.com...
Nov 30 2015 // Cory Hohs’ idea was inspired by a close call with a Chicago fire truck on his motorcycle, but his new app, which warns drivers to the presence of emergency vehicle traffic, is being tested first in Grand Rapids,...
Nov 25 2015 // Federal transportation officials are rethinking their position on self-driving cars with an eye toward getting the emerging technology into the public’s hands, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of...
Nov 23 2015 // Utah is test-driving new technology that could improve safety and fuel efficiency for big-rig truckers.The Utah Department of Transportation started conducting field tests last week of a vehicle-to-vehicle communication...
Nov 19 2015 // Could it be that the property/casualty insurance industry has company in not feeling the love of millennials?Yes, it could. The Hartford has released new research that shows key industries driving the U.S. economy,...
Nov 17 2015 // Hustling to bring cars that drive themselves to a road near you, Google finds itself somewhere that has frustrated many before: Waiting on the California Department of Motor Vehicles.The tech titan wants the freedom to...
Nov 16 2015 // On Oct. 1, 2015, many of your clients took on a lot more risk, and may not even know it. The Payment Card Industry, PCI, which is the self-regulating organization that oversees everyone that accepts or issues payment...
Nov 9 2015 // There are not many insurance executives who will quote inventor Thomas Edison, Microsoft’s Steve Baumer, futurist Alvin Toffler, Moore’s Law and philosophers Aristotle and Plato.There are also not many people...
Nov 6 2015 // Cyber security is clearly on the minds of business executives, most of whom acknowledge their firms have been victimized by some sort of cyber attack. What are they thinking about cyber security, cyber liability and cyber...
Nov 5 2015 // A technology that gives claimants more control of the claims process and another that makes data conversion easier for insurers have been named winners of the 2015 ACORD Insurance Innovation Challenge.ACORD, the insurance...
Nov 5 2015 // Auto insurance companies now have a tool that lets them verify the garaging address of a vehicle, confirm the driver’s commuting mileage and obtain loss costs and premium differentials for the vehicle, all before...
Nov 5 2015 // Foreign business lobbies have asked China to substantially revise proposed cyber security regulations for the insurance industry, signaling a dispute that started with the publication of similar bank technology rules...
Nov 2 2015 // Mental distractions can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands, according to new research on distracted driving.Drivers using phones and vehicle information...
Nov 2 2015 // Carriers are spending big on advertising, and agencies are working to become increasingly more sophisticated and reach out to more and more people.In the world of insurance, that’s just doing business as usual. But...
Oct 29 2015 // When the latest computer forecast models couldn’t figure out where major Hurricane Joaquin was headed earlier this month, the National Weather Service ordered extra launches of one of its oldest tools — the...
Oct 26 2015 // Mental distractions can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands, according to new research on distracted driving.Drivers using phones and vehicle information...
Oct 23 2015 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ has launched its Integrated Technology product to address the issues from the evolution of technology and growth of the industry through a suite of coverages for complex,...