All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 11 2009 // Federal prosecutors say they won’t retry a California Institute of Technology graduate student on arson charges for helping firebomb dozens of SUVs in the San Gabriel Valley.Monday’s decision in Los Angeles...
Nov 3 2009 // Insurance industry software provider Vertafore has released version 4.0 of its AMS360 management system with advancements that promise to simplify marketing and sales tasks for the more than 2,800 agencies currently using...
Oct 28 2009 // Today, it’s all about doing more with less. But how do insurance agencies increase productivity while decreasing expenses?For many agencies, technology solutions are critical. If the focus in the first half of the...
Oct 22 2009 // Lloyd Takata has joined the Technology Commercial segment of CNA as consulting director. In this role, he has primary responsible for developing industry leading coverage forms for the Technology industry as well as...
Oct 15 2009 // According to Marsh, the UK’s largest communication and technology firms are continuing to enjoy price reductions on their professional indemnity (PI) insurance during the recession, due to aggressive competition...
Oct 5 2009 // Today, it’s all about doing more with less. But how do insurance agencies increase productivity while decreasing expenses? For many agencies, technology solutions are critical. And if the focus in the first half of...
Oct 5 2009 // London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers, accountants and their adjuncts, who work together to sell “The...
Oct 5 2009 // London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers, accountants and their adjuncts, who work together to sell “The...
Sep 30 2009 // Planned information technology (IT) spending by property/casualty insurance companies increased 1.6 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to researchers.The planned increase in spending from 2009 to 2010 will only be around...
Sep 28 2009 // Dismayed by ice and storms, British explorer Captain James Cook had no regrets when he abandoned a voyage searching for a fabled southern continent in 1773.Finding only icebergs after he was the first to cross the...
Sep 21 2009 // Data breaches have hit an all time high and with that have been a dramatic increase in new data security and privacy laws and regulations. Both state and federal regulations have been in place for several years with...
Sep 21 2009 // For this market to completely open up globally, the business must ultimately be able to take place between people who cannot see each other over a desk or meet over a coffee to sew up the deal.We’re limbering up for...
Sep 15 2009 // A Pennsylvania pharmacy technician who says she was traumatized when a masked gunman burst into her store demanding the painkiller OxyContin is suing her employers for arranging the mock holdup.Babette Perry says in a...
Sep 7 2009 // A poor economy, natural catastrophes and an extended soft market have all combined to nip growth in the excess and surplus lines (E&S) insurance market over the last year.Although there are a few bright spots at the...
Jul 14 2009 // A new report from Lloyd’s warns that, although “synthetic biology has been hailed as a potential solution to looming global threats,” it requires careful handling. “Governments and interest groups...
Jul 6 2009 // Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving customers and independent agents — and paying claims.How are regional...
Jun 25 2009 // A new report from Marsh concludes that the senior management at “85 percent of Europe’s leading communications, media and technology (CMT) companies have indicated they are placing increased importance on risk...
Jun 1 2009 // How are regional insurance companies faring in today’s climate — financial and catastrophe? What challenges do they face? How can they grow? Why are they so popular with independent agents?Insurance Journal put...
Jun 1 2009 // Weathering today’s economic storm has not been easy for insurance companies. Consumers are more carefully scrutinizing their coverages, while the financial sector is taking a beating in the public, as the government...
Jun 1 2009 // Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving customers and independent agents — and paying claims. How are...