Technology & Analytics
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty to Acquire MyAssist and Insure America
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance said it has agreed to purchase the assets of MyAssist Inc., a live-agent personal concierge and telematics service provider, and Insure America LLC, a niche ...
Data Theft Nearly Impossible to Beat, Say Davos Executives
Fighting online data fraudsters is almost impossible as their ability to hack into new technology often outpaces companies efforts to protect it, senior businessmen and bankers gathering for the ...
Ford Teams with MIT, Stanford to Research Autonomous Driving
Ford Motor Co. said it is joining with two top U.S. universities to launch research into automated driving technology. The automaker said it will work with Stanford University and the Massachusetts ...
Insurers Poised to Change Rates of IT Outsourcing in 2014: Novarica
Only 15 percent of insurers don't currently rely on external IT services for key technology areas, but a group of those that do outsource IT services expect to scale back in 2014, a new survey finds. ...
Nasdaq Says Talks Over Market Glitches Too Slow: Reuters
Nasdaq OMX Group is prepared to walk away from running the data processor that was at the center of a three-hour trading halt in August, in a sign of its frustration with the pace of talks over ...
Verisk to Buy EagleView Technology Image Library for $650 Million
Verisk Analytics Inc., the supplier of data to insurers and banks, agreed to buy EagleView Technology Corp. for $650 million in cash, adding an image library that encompasses about 90 percent of U.S. ...
Shedding Light on ‘Dark Side’ of Internet of Things
The futuristic world of self-driving cars, eyeglasses that e-mail and trash cans that call for pickup is running into the old-fashioned pace of doing business in Washington. Companies from Google ...
SNL Acquires Analytics Firm iPartners
SNL Insurance, a division of SNL, has acquired iPartners LLC, which offers analytics and reporting software and services that help insurers collect and analyze internal business data. Terms were not ...