All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 23 2015 // By the time today’s millennial insurance professionals are its top executives, the U.S. personal auto insurance industry will be a skeleton of its current self.Within 25 years, the private passenger automobile...
Oct 21 2015 // Chicago-based online provider of small business insurance, Insureon, announced $31 million in new funding led by Oak HC/FT, a venture capital fund investing in financial technology companies.Also participating in the round...
Oct 21 2015 // South Africa’s biggest insurers are considering technology and telecommunications partnerships as they seek ways to improve earnings to counter increased competition and a slowing economy, according to...
Oct 19 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 16 2015 // Ask truck drivers about the most important aspect of their job and chances are you will get the same answer: safety.Last year, about 78,000 total crashes were reported to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Of those...
Oct 16 2015 // Dallas, TX, October 14 2015- Nautilus President Tom Kuzma presented the award at the company’s 30th Anniversary celebration in Whistler, British Columbia on September 29th. The carrier’s top MGA partners were...
Oct 14 2015 // It’s nothing more than a dune buggy on a cordoned-off street but it’s headed for trouble. A jumble of sawhorses and traffic’ cones simulates a road crew working over a manhole and the driverless car has...
Oct 9 2015 // Many Americans buying new cars these days are baffled by a torrent of new safety technology.Some features will automatically turn a car back into its lane if it begins to drift, or hit the brakes if sensors detect that...
Oct 7 2015 // The head of Amtrak warned Congress that some passenger rail service outside the Northeast corridor will be suspended if lawmakers don’t extend a Dec. 31 deadline for railroads to install safety...
Oct 5 2015 // Despite an array of newfangled self-parking features that are being introduced in vehicles, Americans are not ready to give up control.Only one-in-four Americans would trust this technology to park their vehicle, according...
Sep 30 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...
Sep 30 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has named Carla Moradi executive vice president of operations and technology. Moradi will be based in Chicago, Ill. She will lead the implementation of strategic enterprise-wide customer technologies...
Sep 29 2015 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited (HUB), a global insurance brokerage, has added Carla Moradi as executive vice president of Operations and Technology. Moradi will lead the implementation of strategic enterprise-wide...
Sep 23 2015 // As automakers increasingly integrate self-parking features into new vehicles, Americans say they are not ready to give up control. According to a new survey from AAA, nearly 80 percent of American drivers are confident in...
Sep 21 2015 // Adaptive cruise control has been an option on some cars for almost a decade. But in a recent national survey, 65 percent of U.S. drivers didn’t know what it was.The survey, by the University of Iowa Public Policy...
Sep 17 2015 // While insurance executives overwhelmingly know that innovation will drive future competitive advantage and growth, most seem to be struggling to kindle the spark within their organization, finds a KPMG International report...
Sep 16 2015 // New York State’s top lawyer told technology-firm executives he will “bring the full force” of his office against companies that mistreat their workers or cheat consumers.Speaking to entrepreneurs and...
Sep 16 2015 // You’ve just been in a car accident or accused of a crime. You’re confused and overwhelmed. You need help and don’t know where to turn.Just at your most vulnerable moment, a lawyer steps forward and slips...
Sep 15 2015 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has appointed Tara N. Mitchell as director of Information & Technology Services. Her appointment is effective Sept. 21, 2015.For the past seven years, Mitchell has...
Sep 15 2015 // Solera, based in Westlake, Texas, is being acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for about $3.74 billion in cash.The company, which makes insurance claims software, said in August that it...