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Tesla to Lock Access to Video Games in Moving Cars
Under pressure from U.S. auto safety regulators, Tesla has agreed to stop allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while its vehicles are moving. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Toyota Starts Offering Auto Cover With Farmers-Owned Toggle in 5 States
Automaker Toyota's insurance arm has begun selling its first branded insurance coverage, Toyota Auto Insurance, in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina, and will soon be offering the ...
China Starts Letting Insurers Lend Securities, Possibly Boosting Short Selling
China on Friday authorized its insurers to take part in securities lending, potentially boosting short-selling activities in the country's stock and bond markets. Chinese banks, brokerages and mutual ...
Lessons from CNA, JBS and Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Payments
In March 2021, CNA Financial Corp., one of the country's largest insurance companies, suffered a ransomware attack from a cybercriminal group called Phoenix. The attackers pressured the insurer to ...
Strategies to Help Insurance Carriers Overcome Digital Transformation Barriers
Today's technologies can help insurers improve processes in every operational area, yet many carriers are still struggling to determine where the changes are most needed and the right technology to ...
Insurance Technology Firm Zywave Snatches Up Quoting Software Outfit ClarionDoor
Milwaukee-based Insurance technology firm Zywave reports it has acquired Santa Barbara, Calif.-based ClarionDoor, a seller of insurance product distribution software for the property/casualty market. ...Seeing Through Clouds: Satellites in Insurance (Roundtable Cliff Notes)
Last month, Carrier Management Guest Editor and CB Insights Analyst Mike Fitzgerald hosted a roundtable bringing together participants in the world of geospatial information systems, seeking to ...
Underwriting Management: The Core System You’ve Been Missing
When we say "core systems" in our industry, we are typically referring to the critical software applications that are core to an insurer's business operations, mainly the policy, claims and billing ...