Technology & Analytics
Use of Predictive Modeling Increasing: Towers Watson
The use of predictive modeling continues to increase in nearly every business line, according to Towers Watson's fifth annual Predictive Modeling Benchmarking Survey. The survey examined how North ...
Developers Wanted by Progressive for Driver Behavior Smartphone App
Progressive is working with application developers to find a way to use mobile phones to measure customers' driving behaviors, the auto insurer said in an announcement yesterday. The announcement was ...
Cyber Attacks Increasing, Costing Millions, Straining Internet
Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyber attacks is costing millions and straining the structure of the Internet. While some attackers are diehard activists, ...
CEO Viewpoint: Winning the War for Talent to Harness the Full Power of Predictive Analytics
The reputation of the insurance industry has long been that it follows behind other industries in the use and implementation of technology. Across numerous other industries, big data and analytics ...
Rolls-Royce Drone Ships Promise Safer, Cheaper Cargo Industry
In an age of aerial drones and driverless cars, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is designing unmanned cargo ships. Rolls-Royce's Blue Ocean development team has set up a virtual-reality prototype at its ...
Guy Carpenter’s Satellite Imaging Service Assisting Insurers with UK Floods
Reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. recently launched a satellite-based catastrophe evaluation service, GC CAT-VIEWSM, which it is already using to provide clients affected by the recent ...
Traders’ Personal Stress May Drive Market Instability, Say Researchers
Financial markets may be more vulnerable to traders' stress levels than previously thought, according to a scientific study which found that high levels of the stress hormone cortisol can induce risk ...
RMS(one) To Be Available in April; ARA Putting Hurricane Model on Platform
On Tuesday, RMS announced that it will release version 1.0 of RMS(one), the company's exposure and risk-management platform, on Apr. 15, 2014. All RMS catastrophe models, as well as select models ...