All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2013 // Technology failure and cyber attacks represent a greater threat to most organizations than adverse weather, fire and social unrest combined, according to a new report by Guy Carpenter.The report, “Tomorrow Never...
Sep 26 2013 // Senior U.S. officials on Wednesday sought to mend fences with the technology industry as they renewed their pleas for legislation to increase the flow of information about cyber attacks between federal agencies and private...
Sep 25 2013 // A high tech start-up is promising to raise the standard for determining “insurance to value” by giving property/casualty insurance companies and brokers access to real-time data on their upscale insureds’...
Sep 23 2013 // Last week I attended Brookings Papers on Economic Activity to watch some of the smartest economists in America debate some of the most interesting papers. The very first paper presented is of particularly timely interest:...
Sep 23 2013 // At its peak in 1996 Kodak – then the world’s largest camera maker and photo film supplier – had revenues in excess of $16 billion and employed more than 145,000 people. But after 130 years in business, the...
Sep 16 2013 // BrokersLink, one of the world’s largest independent insurance broker networks, whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $14 billion, announced that its fifth annual global conference will be held in...
Sep 13 2013 // Warwick, RI, 9/13/13 – Astonish, a leading technology, marketing, and training company dedicated solely to the needs of insurance agencies, announces the election of David Wroe to its board of directors.Wroe started his...
Sep 11 2013 // Hiscox, the international specialist insurer, has added a new cyber crime protection endorsement to its technology privacy cyber portfolio. The cyber crime coverage option provides additional protection against growing...
Sep 6 2013 // KKR & Co., the private-equity firm led by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, agreed to buy ., the first buyout by the firm’s technology group since the head of the team stepped down earlier this year.The...
Sep 5 2013 // Google is working with Virginia Tech researchers to bring its vision of cars that can drive themselves one step closer to reality.The technology company spent the past month in Blacksburg testing one of its self-driving...
Sep 4 2013 // Cars that drive themselves could be on U.S. roads by the end of this decade. But don’t take your foot off the pedal just yet.Automakers, universities and others are at various stages in the development of autonomous...
Sep 4 2013 // Despite a rash of deadly train crashes, the railroad industry’s allies in Congress are trying to push back the deadline for installing technology to prevent the most catastrophic types of collisions until at least...
Sep 4 2013 // Fortune 1,000 firms in the health care, technology and insurance sectors top the list of industry groups most concerned about cyber threats, but many public companies still appear to be avoiding seriously addressing the...
Aug 19 2013 // Insurance Journal has listened to readers, spoken with experts, combed through columns and articles and even searched outside insurance circles to find the best sales and marketing tips for independent agencies today. Here...
Aug 19 2013 // In today’s legal environment, nearly every company faces some kind of litigation risk. With the growing ubiquity of technology in not just the corporate market, but the consumer marketplace as well, the risk for...
Aug 16 2013 // Insurance producers who specialize in an industry or insurance product line make more money than those who don’t. Likewise, agencies that encourage their producers to specialize bring in more revenue than those...
Aug 15 2013 // The Travelers Companies Inc. and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) recently co-hosted a symposium where research on some of the top concerns of the trucking industry was discussed with fleet managers and...
Aug 9 2013 // The Hartford has enhanced its FailSafe suite of professional liability offerings to address the evolving needs of technology companies with expanded coverage for data, systems and networks.“Professional liability is...
Aug 6 2013 // Federal investigators are reviewing Ebix Inc.’s cross-border financial transactions to see whether the Atlanta-based software company engaged in money laundering, according to three people with knowledge of the...
Aug 5 2013 // Insurance producers who specialize in an industry or insurance product line make more money than those who don’t. Likewise, agencies that encourage their producers to specialize bring in more revenue than those...