Technology & Analytics
Insurers Envision Slight IT Spending Hikes for 2015: Novarica
Most insurers only plan modest increases in their IT budgets in 2015. And while other industries are spending more and more in emerging tech areas such as mobile insurance, big data and the cloud, ...
Duperreault, Reardon Lead Hamilton Re Into the ‘Data Analytics’ Future
If you're going to successfully operate a relatively new reinsurance company in these troubled times, you better know what you're doing. Fortunately, Bermuda-based Hamilton Re would seem to pass ...
P/C Mutuals Worry Over Technology, Regulation and Capital: Conning
Property/casualty mutual insurance companies, facing stiff competition from their stock insurer rivals, are wary about the onslaught of technology, regulation and new sources of capital, Conning, ...
RMS Partners With 100RC to Quantify and Manage Natural Hazard Risks
Catastrophe risk management firm RMS has teamed with 100 Resilient Cities—Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) in a partnership that will allow cities in the 100RC network to access the ...
SAP Agrees to Buy Expense Software Company Concur for $7.3B
Germany's SAP has agreed to buy U.S. expenses software maker Concur for $7.3 billion in cash, strengthening its position in cloud computing, an area it long hoped to avoid until its momentum became ...RiskMatch: More Carrier Benefits Summarized
While Kabir Syed, the creator of RiskMatch, stresses that he's built a system that is broker-focused, carriers are key beneficiaries of the information that RiskMatch extracts from brokers to drive ...
Taking a Test Drive: A Carrier CEO Tour of RiskMatch
A carrier CEO who logs onto RiskMatch—the new platform created by Kabir Syed to enhance the relationships of carriers and brokers—is greeted by a screen with a big number in the upper right-hand ...
Who Is Kabir Syed and Why Did He Launch RiskMatch?
During his nearly two decades in the industry, Kabir Syed, founder and CEO of RiskMatch, has held leadership positions in marketing, strategic planning, operations and analytics—most notably at ...