All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2019 // When cyber thieves attacked Empire Industries’ computer network, technology manager Rich Shemanskis could see files in the process of being infected by malicious software.“We were looking at the network, and I...
Mar 18 2019 // Nashville-based auto insurer The General has appointed veteran insurance executive Tony DeSantis to president and CEO, joining Chief Operating Officer Steve Tjugum as the company’s top leaders. Elicia Azali has been...
Mar 18 2019 // It’s a good time to be in the restaurant industry. Restaurant sales in 2018 were projected to reach $825 billion — a 3.1 percent increase over 2017, according to the National Restaurant Association (NRA)....
Mar 18 2019 // Emerging markets will remain the growth engine of the global economy and insurance industry during the next decade, reflecting a continuing shift of economic power from west to east, according to Swiss Re Institute’s...
Mar 15 2019 // Seven in 10 Americans don’t want to go anywhere near self-driving cars.The portion of Americans who fear autonomous vehicles—71 percent in the American Automobile Association’s latest survey—is virtually...
Mar 14 2019 // Boston-based insurtech company Corvus Insurance has expanded its underwriting appetite for its Smart Cyber Insurance product lines with the launch of an excess cyber insurance policy designed to give brokers the ability to...
Mar 13 2019 // Aon has formed a strategic alliance with Zesty.ai, a San Francisco-based insurtech startup, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance insurers’ property underwriting.Zesty.ai’s technology provides...
Mar 11 2019 // Fully autonomous vehicles will take at least another five years to perfect, with the cost and complexity of rolling out the technology globally serving to undermine the business case, Volkswagen’s head of commercial...
Mar 8 2019 // The physician couldn’t tell what was causing the smudge on a CT scan of his wife’s lungs, so he referred her to a pulmonologist. That would likely have meant a two-week delay.Instead of waiting, Corey Chernett,...
Mar 8 2019 // Emerging markets will remain the growth engine of the global economy and insurance industry over the next decade, reflecting a continuing shift of economic power from west to east, according to Swiss Re Institute’s...
Mar 8 2019 // Daimler and BMW are teaming up to develop autonomous driving technology to cut costs and set an industry standard that can help to shape future regulation for self-driving cars, senior executives said on Wednesday [March...
Mar 7 2019 // Aon plc has partnered with software company Skytek to provide real-time monitoring of insurers’ marine risks, identifying accumulations for enhanced underwriting and reinsurance programs.In an era of mega-ports and...
Mar 6 2019 // Shift Technology has raised $60 million in new venture financing, money that will help grow the reach of its artificial intelligence and big data technology designed to help carriers detect fraud during the claims...
Mar 6 2019 // The Andover fire brigade was alerted at 2.34 a.m. About 2 miles across town, a fire had broken out in the early hours of Feb. 5 at a state-of-the-art Ocado Group Plc warehouse. Within minutes, firefighters were tackling a...
Mar 5 2019 // Aon plc is partnering with software company Skytek to provide real-time monitoring of insurers’ marine risks, identifying accumulations for enhanced underwriting and reinsurance programs.In an era of mega-ports and...
Mar 4 2019 // Aon plc has established a strategic alliance with global insurtech firm Claim Central to digitize and streamline claim management capabilities and improve the customer experience through technology and services developed...
Mar 4 2019 // The Andover fire brigade was alerted at 2.34 a.m. About 2 miles across town, a fire had broken out in the early hours of Feb. 5 at a state-of-the-art Ocado Group Plc warehouse. Within minutes, firefighters were tackling a...
Mar 4 2019 // District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser recently established the District of Columbia Financial Services Regulatory Sandbox and Innovation Council.The council is charged with studying and reporting on the feasibility of...
Feb 28 2019 // Financial markets are still at risk of disruption if there is a no-deal Brexit, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday.FCA Chief Executive Andrew Bailey told a House of Lords committee that despite a...
Feb 28 2019 // Veo Robotics Inc., a startup developing sensor technology that lets industrial robots work safely side-by-side with humans, closed a funding round as it prepares to roll out the product in May.The company raised $15...