All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 28 2015 // Uber and Lyft are among the tech companies pushing back at proposed rules by New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission to regulate car service apps. Uber says the rules break federal law because taxi commissions...
May 28 2015 // Dallas, TX, May 28, 2015 – Following 3 years of exceptional results in personal lines, Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. is again expanding it’s homeowners/dwelling fire aggregate in the Greater Houston...
May 27 2015 // Wildfires in northern Alberta kept about 10 percent of Canada’s oil sands production offline for a third day [on Tuesday] as Bank of America Corp. warned the blazes may slow the economy.A fire at Cold Lake Weapons...
May 21 2015 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Myesha Lamison director of benefits technology as a part of EPIC’s employer services platform team. Lamison will be based in EPIC’s San...
May 21 2015 // Grocery retailers traditionally face a number of risks that are not covered by typical property, crime or cyber insurance programs.A new white paper report from global independent insurance broker Lockton —...
May 21 2015 // Darius Kumana leads a new team with a new mission that aims to bring the re/insurance industry into the 21st century. He recently joined Markel International in London as head of IT and Digital Strategy – specialties...
May 19 2015 // Replacing smartphone batteries just got harder.Fearing cargo fires like one that caused a United Parcel Service Inc. freighter to crash into the desert near Dubai in 2010, at least 18 airlines have banned freight shipments...
May 18 2015 // Amtrak will resume passenger service in the Northeast corridor on Monday, a day earlier than planned, after replacing track near Philadelphia damaged in a fatal derailment last week.The first trains will leave New...
May 18 2015 // With the long journey towards a unified regulatory system for insurance in the European Union – Solvency II – finally appearing to be near its end, the re/insurance industry has realized that even greater...
May 15 2015 // The deadly Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia appears to be yet another accident that didn’t have to happen.It could have been avoided if a long-sought safety technology had been installed on its tracks and trains,...
May 15 2015 // The workers’ compensation industry must contend with a fast-growing on-demand economy where jobs are filled via apps and more employees are temporary contractors.“Technology is changing how we think about...
May 14 2015 // The New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring more than 200, was traveling 106 miles per hour just before the accident, more than double the speed limit, according to U.S....
May 12 2015 // Cyber is one of the fastest growing risks for companies across the globe, and information technology assets are often as valuable as property assets, yet companies are only protecting 12 percent of those assets compared to...
May 11 2015 // In the hours after a horrific storm — a storm like Superstorm Sandy — with bridges impassable and roads debris-covered, emergency response is often the first concern.But with an autonomous drone, researchers...
May 8 2015 // China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. jumped the most in more than six years after people with knowledge of the matter said China’s two richest technology moguls joined its $1.7 billion share sale.Taiping advanced 16...
May 6 2015 // Nearly two-thirds of insurers expect wearable technologies to have a significant impact on the industry, according to a survey in Accenture’s annual Technology Vision report.The survey of more than 200 insurance...
May 6 2015 // Nearly 50 years after Captain Kirk began using his wrist communicator on the television show, Star Trek, wearable technology is taking hold. From Fitbit and Nike Fuelbands to Google Glass and Golden-I, the technology is...
May 5 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...
May 4 2015 // The record number of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions involving insurance brokers and agents throughout the United States in the past year underscores the imperative for these firms to accelerate growth and...
Apr 28 2015 // Those with long careers in the insurance industry have seen newer entrants founder on the shoals of our business. Many well-intentioned outsiders don’t understand the innate complexities of the insurance ecosystem...