RISK SECURITY
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Insurity Acquires AuSuM Systems
Staff Writer | September 30, 2021
Acquisition will enable P&C carriers to automate the entire premium audit and loss control process...
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True Flood Risk Awarded Patent for AI-Powered Flood Risk Estimator
Staff Writer | September 27, 2021
Will integrate technology throughout its property level flood risk assessment platform...
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Concierge Cyber Bolsters Expert Cyber Team
Staff Writer | September 23, 2021
- Hardening cyber insurance market heightens demand for experts...
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Tech, Processes, and a Plan
Bill Tidwell | August 27, 2021
Keys to closing security gaps center on safe communication...
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Cyber Insurance Startup At-Bay Closes $185 Million Series D
Staff Writer | July 30, 2021
Company reaches major milestones on the eve of its fifth anniversary...
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FRISS Raises $65 Million Series B Funding Led By Accel-KKR
Staff Writer | July 28, 2021
Funding to fuel market expansion, product innovation, and support of safe digital transformation throughout the policy lifecycle...
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Talage Announces Partnership with Cowbell Cyber
Staff Writer | July 23, 2021
Digital solution simplifies purchase of small commercial cyber coverages for Cowbell’s agents and customers...
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Less Than Half of Organizations Have Adjusted Marketing Technology Strategy to Comply with Privacy Laws
Staff Writer | July 20, 2021
Businesses spending $10K and more to comply with privacy laws...
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Lowers Risk Group Launches Periculus, Digital Risk and Insurance Platform for SMBs
Staff Writer | July 15, 2021
New platform designed to protect SMBs from digital risk by enabling them to assess, quantify, prioritize, and transfer cyber risk...
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Prince Charles, Lloyd's Launch Sustainability Insurance Task Force
Staff Writer | June 24, 2021
The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Insurance Task Force is comprised of insurance and reinsurance executives to advance a net-zero economy...
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Electronic Chat with Ty Harris, Co-Founder, Openly Insurance
Laura Mazzuca Toops | June 21, 2021
Now operating in several coastal states, Openly is using advanced technology to mitigate hurricane and other cat risks...
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Loss Control, Premium Audit Systems Critical to Customer Experience, Celent Finds
Staff Writer | June 14, 2021
Solutions are delivering more functionality, improving configuration tools, and are more connected...
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Chubb, Waffle Team Up on Blink Cyber Protection
Staff Writer | June 02, 2021
Blink’s Cyber Protection will be sold through Waffle...
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$17.5M Round for Parametrix and Its First-of-Its-Kind Downtime Insurance Offering Led by FirstMark Capital
Staff Writer | May 26, 2021
Funding to support rapid growth acceleration as demand soars for financial protection from outages caused by third-party, cloud-based service...
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Waffle Closes $5 M Total Seed Funding Round and Launches All-In-One Insurance Solution
Staff Writer | May 20, 2021
Consumer insurance solution is bringing top-rated nationwide coverage to all 50-states in a few clicks...
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Origami Risk Launches Free ERM Maturity Self-Assessment Tool
Staff Writer | May 11, 2021
Online survey provides instant feedback on ERM status, next steps...
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Origami Risk Expands Online Solutions for EHS Professionals
Staff Writer | May 05, 2021
Tech firm adds new EHS tools for job safety and hazard analyses...
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Electronic Chat with Trent Cooksley, COO and Co-Founder, Cowbell Cyber
Staff Writer | May 03, 2021
Cowbell Cyber, based in Pleasanton, Calif., enables “cyber insurance 2.0” by delivering a vertically integrated cyber insurance solution...
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COVID Drives More Reliance on Risk Management Systems, New Study Finds
Staff Writer | April 20, 2021
Risk professionals tap new tech-driven solutions to address wider range of needs, according to Redhand study...
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Zywave Acquires Risk Management Solutions Provider Enquiron
Staff Writer | April 16, 2021
Enquiron’s proven engagement success, data and technology solutions will complement Zywave’s existing product portfolio and help drive ROI for...
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eMaxx Launches Customer Centric Platform for Variable Cost Captive Programs
Staff Writer | April 15, 2021
Platform provides risk management, claims, and insurance resources...
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Six Trends Shaping Digital Insurance Tech Strategies in 2021
Staff Writer | April 12, 2021
Ellen Carney, principal analyst at Forrester, identified six trends that will shape the insurance landscape and determine priorities in 2021...
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Buckle Names James Camerino as Head of Strategic Partnerships
Staff Writer | March 30, 2021
Reinsurance-insurance leader comes to Buckle with more than three decades of experience...
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Origami Risk Appoints James Green as Director of Risk Practices
Staff Writer | March 16, 2021
Green will lead development of client-focused support activities to complement the expanding applications of the firm’s risk management technology...
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An Entirely Preventable Disaster
Bob Frady | February 25, 2021
Even the best risk models can’t take into account major system failures...
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Credit Risk, ESG, Cybersecurity Top Risk Concerns for Financial Institutions, Deloitte Finds
Staff Writer | February 10, 2021
Biennial survey finds financial services firms moved credit risk to the top of the risk management agenda...
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EigenRisk to Provide Global Political Violence Alerts on Cat Risk Management Platform
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
New resource available through agreement with ACLED...
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Branch Insurance Partners with ADT to Protect Home & Auto
Staff Writer | January 28, 2021
Branch customers using ADT get 29% discount on home and auto insurance...
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Origami Risk Unveils New Online Tools to Track COVID Vaccination
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
As vaccines roll out, risk software firm brings solution to employers in all sectors...
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Transverse Insurance Group Selects Cloverleaf Analytics for BI
Staff Writer | December 09, 2020
Transverse is a P&C insurance company specializing in program business and providing commercial and personal lines products through program...
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Kovrr Successfully Completes SOC 2 Type II Certification
Staff Writer | December 08, 2020
Completion highlights company’s commitment to advanced security and process standards...
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Innoveo and HazardHub Announce Strategic Partnership
Staff Writer | November 25, 2020
Delivering HazardHub’s property risk data powered by Innoveo Skye no-code platform...
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Hippo Secures $350 Million Capital Investment
Staff Writer | November 25, 2020
Investment will fuel Hippo’s expansion and accelerate transformation of home insurance experience...
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Orchid Insurance and Homesite Group Partner to Launch TRUE
Staff Writer | November 13, 2020
New insurance carrier to protect homeowners in cat-prone states...
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Grupo Ageas Portugal Selects FRISS For Customer Fraud Protection
Staff Writer | October 29, 2020
Real-time FRISS solution combines risk and fraud indicators with predictive models, network analysis, and text mining...
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Nationwide and Generali Global Assistance Partner to Enhance Identity Theft Protection
Staff Writer | October 14, 2020
ID Theft Insurance offers opportunity to agents whose customers need the coverage...
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Gelato with Dots and Sprinkles
Marty Ellingsworth | October 13, 2020
Gelato is great. Gelato with sprinkles is even better. Celent's Marty Ellingsworth continues his look at new and improved risk analytics...
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Beyond Insurance and TrustLayer Announce New Strategic Partnership to Provide BIGN Members with Access to Risk Management Platform
Staff Writer | October 06, 2020
BIGN members can combine their professional risk transfer expertise to provide best-in-class, value-added services...
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Sapiens Partners with GreenRoad Technologies to Improve Driver Safety & Personalize Driver Insurance Premiums
Staff Writer | September 24, 2020
Partnership enables auto insurers to excel through digital transformation, customer-centric services, and joint risk-prevention solutions...
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Plug and Play Selects 25 Insurtech Startups for Winter Batches
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 21, 2020
The insurtech "Batch 9" lists 25 cohorts, including Cake, Friss, and Vero...
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Cowbell Cyber for Small Business Expands Cyber Insurance Offering into Texas
Staff Writer | September 03, 2020
Standalone, admitted cyber insurance expands across U.S. and adds coverage for banking, financial services, insurance and hospitality industries...
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Preventing Data Breaches
Scott Stephens | August 17, 2020
Five things to check when outsourcing policyholder communications...
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Digitalization, COVID-19 Spurring More IT Investment in Cybersecurity
Staff Writer | August 04, 2020
New Deloitte study finds financial institutions spending more on IT protection in 2020 than previous years...
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U.S. Consumers Significantly Underestimate Flood Risk, New Survey Finds
Staff Writer | July 30, 2020
New survey by AI-driven insurer Neptune Flood and University of South Florida Institute for Data Analytics and Visualization uncover timely data and...
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Aclaimant Raises $10 mil in Series A Financing
Staff Writer | June 29, 2020
Workflow platform for safety and risk management plans aggressive growth in partnerships and product development...
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Milliman Wins 3 InsuranceERM Americas Awards for Insurtech Products and Risk Consulting Services
Staff Writer | June 25, 2020
Milliman consultants win "Risk Team of the Year," insurtech product Nodal named "Analytics Solution of the Year" and Milliman's Arius Enterprise wins...
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Payfone Raises $100 Million Led by the Apax Digital Fund
Staff Writer | June 19, 2020
Investment accelerates privacy-first customer ID platform with strategic acquisitions...
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The Detection Group Receives FM Approval for Trident™ Wireless Water Leak Detection System
Staff Writer | June 18, 2020
The Detection Group’s Trident Wireless Water Leak Detection System, is the first company to receive the FM Approvals’ certification mark for a...
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Investment in Risk Management Systems Booming, New Study Finds
Staff Writer | June 02, 2020
33% of organizations using RMIS invest more than $100,000 annually...
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FRISS Partners with eviid to Help Prevent Fraud
Staff Writer | May 20, 2020
FRISS, provider of AI powered risk and fraud solutions to P&C insurers, announced their partnership with eviid, leading provider of innovative...
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RiskGenius Releases COVID Coverage Checklist to Help Commercial Insurers Evaluate Coronavirus Exposure
Staff Writer | March 27, 2020
RiskGenius, an Insurtech company using artificial intelligence (AI) to enable property and casualty (P&C) carriers to analyze policy language across...
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Leveraging Digital Resources in the Time of COVID-19
Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 26, 2020
A new report by Forrester discusses the need for insurers to reshape and accelerate their digital roadmaps during the pandemic...
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Electronic Chat with Robert Hartwig on COVID-19 and Insurance
Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 24, 2020
Hartwig spoke with ITA about how the insurance industry is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the insurtech sector...
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Covid-19: James Allen Creates Pandemic Policy for U.S. Businesses
Staff Writer | March 20, 2020
S-based James Allen Insurance has created a pandemic policy for business enterprises to protect themselves in the event of a pandemic outbreak such as...
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Celent Study: Most Small Businesses Still Unclear on Importance of Cyber Insurance
Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 18, 2020
And risk increases as more employees work from home during coronavirus quarantine...
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AXA XL Announces Collaboration with Slice Labs and Microsoft to Improve Cyber Risk Management
Staff Writer | December 13, 2019
Collaboration gives Microsoft customers access to on-demand, cloud-based cyber insurance for the first time...
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Upstream Security Closes $30 Million Series B Investment from Renault, Volvo Group, Hyundai, Nationwide
Staff Writer | October 21, 2019
Global Syndicate - including Renault Venture Capital, Volvo Group, Hyundai, Nationwide Insurance and others - invests to protect connected vehicles...
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RT ProExec Distributes New Commercial Cyber Product with ClarionDoor Technology
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 08, 2019
RT ProExec, a division of RT Specialty and a leading wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products and services, is delivering a new insurance...
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A Candid Conversation with Paul Mang
Bill Sinn | October 04, 2019
Paul Mang is the general manager, analytics and data services, with Guidewire Software, Inc., one of the leading software companies serving the...
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Origami Risk Establishes New Operating Divisions
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 02, 2019
ORIGAMI RISK ESTABLISHES OPERATING DIVISIONS TO ADDRESS EMERGING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; NAMES EARNE BENTLEY, CHRISTOPHER BENNETT AS DIVISION HEADS...
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Guidewire Announces New Data Model for Cyber Risk Management
Staff Writer | September 24, 2019
New ransomware event modeling capability in Cyence for Cyber Risk Management designed to help insurers accurately underwrite in an evolving cyber...
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Seguros SURA Colombia first customer to leverage the benefits of FRISS Guidewire Accelerator for integrated fraud detection
Bill Sinn | June 17, 2019
FRISS Fraud Detection at Claims accelerator offers integrated solution with Guidewire ClaimCenter; easy to download, implement, and use within...
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MEMIC Honors Eight Employers for Exceptional Workplace Safety
Bill Sinn | June 11, 2019
At its Annual Meeting of Policyholders, workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group presented awards for workplace safety to only eight of its...
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FRISS and omni:us supercharging insurance with AI
Bill Sinn | June 12, 2019
FRISS, the worldwide provider of AI-powered fraud and risk solutions for the P&C insurance industry, today announced their partnership with omni:us, a...
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Greek insurance company Eurolife ERB Wins at IMPACT Bite Awards 2019 with FRISS for Automated Fraud Prevention
Bill Sinn | June 13, 2019
Eurolife ERB, a Fairfax company, has won the IMPACT BITE (Business IT Excellence) Awards 2019 in the category IT Business Process Improvement, for its...
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Lightning Dangers Emphasized During Building Safety & Electrical Safety Months
Bill Sinn | May 14, 2019
As warm weather approaches, lightning protection becomes paramount...
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Carriers Enhancing Fraud Analytics Capabilities, Novarica Profiles Seven Solution Providers
Bill Sinn | May 07, 2019
Insurers leveraging AI and big data to pilot and deploy initiatives in machine learning, unstructured text analysis, image and voice recognition...
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Nationwide Joins Construction Leaders to Prevent Most Common and Costly Causes of Claims
Bill Sinn | May 03, 2019
Modifying business model and providing valuable Loss Control resources...
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FRISS joins Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Bill Sinn | May 07, 2019
Established insurtech joins top insurance companies and industry leaders in the fight against fraud...
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Just How Much Are Financial Institutions Spending on Cybersecurity? An Average of About $2,300 Per Employee, Deloitte Survey Finds
Bill Sinn | May 01, 2019
Of course, money is just one aspect of a mature cyber program...
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Pacífico Seguros first Peruvian insurer to select FRISS for automated claims fraud analytics
Bill Sinn | April 25, 2019
Peruvian insurer Pacífico Seguros selected FRISS, the global provider of fraud and risk software solutions for the P&C insurance industry, to automate...
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Unique partnership between VMSolution and FRISS enables fast claims process
Bill Sinn | April 18, 2019
VMSolution, a Münster-based start-up specializing in automation and risk calculation for motor vehicle insurance, and FRISS, the global supplier of...
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S&P Global Ratings expands collaboration with Guidewire Software to inform cyber component of New ESG Evaluations
Bill Sinn | April 12, 2019
S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE) today announced an increased collaboration...
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Roost®Achieves ISO 27001 Certification
Bill Sinn | April 03, 2019
Commitment to Information Security and Data Privacy with Roost Property Telematics Platform...
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Introducing Slice Mind
Bill Sinn | March 28, 2019
Slice Mind products designed to predict insurance risk and make recommendations...
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Insurtech AI Leader Betterview Appoints Dan Shoham, PhD, as Chief Science Officer
Bill Sinn | March 21, 2019
“Betterview’s New Chief Science Officer Dr. Dan Shoham will Lead Betterview’s Predictive Analytics and Computer Vision Teams...
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Insurers Embracing Machine Vision for Underwriting and Claims, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | March 19, 2019
Novarica profiles 8 vendors of machine vision solutions...
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Cyber Liability Market and Assessment Vendor Market Both Growing, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | March 07, 2019
New report provides overview of 11 Cyber Risk Assessment solutions for insurers...
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David Fisher joins FRISS board as non-executive member
Bill Sinn | February 13, 2019
Today FRISS, the global provider of fraud and risk solutions for the P&C insurance industry, announced that David Fisher has joined their board as a...
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Five Things to Consider When Evaluating Your Cyber Risk
Jennifer Dumont | February 07, 2019
Whether your company is private, non-profit or public, all types of businesses are at risk. Here are some basic tips on how to evaluate your cyber...
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Conifer Insurance Company Partners with InsurTech AI Startup Betterview to Deliver Data & Analytics on Commercial Buildings and Properties
Bill Sinn | January 31, 2019
Betterview, which is quickly becoming the platform essential to every transaction around buildings and properties, today announced a partnership with...
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Major Ransomware Attack Could Hit U.S. with $89B In Economic Damages
Bill Sinn | January 29, 2019
The region faces the highest level of economic damage in new ransomware scenario created by Cyber Risk Management (CyRIM) project. U.S. losses are...
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Ventus Risk partners with HazardHub for location-specific data
Bill Sinn | January 21, 2019
HazardHub, the nation’s fastest-growing supplier of geospatial risk data, is pleased to announce that Ventus Risk Management (www.ventusrisk.com) has...
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AVYST Welcomes Kitty Ambers as Chief Growth Officer
Bill Sinn | January 14, 2019
Focused on Insuretech's Growth in the Independent Agent Channel...
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Electronic Chat with Jeroen Morrenhof
Bill Sinn | January 10, 2019
ITA interviews Jeroen Morrenhof, CEO of FRISS, one of the leading fraud and risk mitigation companies serving the P&C insurance marketplace...
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Nearly 50% of US Insurers Are Enhancing Security Capabilities Across the Board, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | January 08, 2019
IT security consumes more than 10% of insurer IT budgets and even more management bandwidth, according to a new report, IT Security Update 2019, from...
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2019 Global Insurance Accelerator Cohort Reflects Evolution of InsurTech
Bill Sinn | January 09, 2019
Strategic, targeted applications of emerging technologies seek validation and traction in U.S. insurance capital, Des Moines, Iowa...
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Top 10 Tips for Securing Your Mobile Devices and Sensitive Client Data
Keith Daniels | March 08, 2018
One thing’s certain: BYOD looks set to continue with its exponential growth in popularity in 2018...
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At Year End 2017, Will Your Organization Be Protected from Cyber Risks?
Keith Daniels | December 13, 2017
We are approaching one of the busiest seasons, not just for the Holidays, but for new business and renewals in the specialty lines insurance...
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ISO Launches Cyber Program with Enhanced Rating, Coverage Options
Staff Writer | July 13, 2017
ISO announces the launch of a cyber insurance program with enhanced rating variables and coverage options designed to help insurers respond to the...
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Vertafore Acquires Data Analytics Firm RiskMatch
Staff Writer | April 25, 2017
Vertafore announces the acquisition of RiskMatch, a business intelligence and analytics company that provides portfolio management and placement...
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The Two Sides of Cybersecurity
Robert Regis Hyle | April 18, 2017
Insurers need to practice what they preach when it comes to cyber risk management for their enterprise and for their product offerings...
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ITA LIVE Session Focuses on Security Issues
Robert Regis Hyle | February 13, 2017
Companies certainly have to make sure their own policies, procedures and practices comply with a host of information security requirements and “...
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Willis Research Network Wins Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize
Staff Writer | November 30, 2016
The Willis Research Network was named the 2016 winner of the Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize in the category of Natural Hazards...
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Blockchain Offers Disruption, Opportunity for Insurers
Staff Writer | November 21, 2016
When Novarica published its 2015 report on blockchain, the concept had not yet become relevant to the insurance industry...
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ERM Prepares Carriers for (Almost) Everything
Michael P. Voelker | November 10, 2016
For insurers, the journey to enterprise risk management can lead not just to compliance, but competitive advantage...
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Creechurch Underwriters in Production with Oceanwide’s Cyber Risk Assessment Tool
Staff Writer | May 06, 2016
Oceanwide announces that Creechurch Underwriters, a managing general underwriter (MGU), is now in production with Oceanwide’s cyber risk assessment...
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ISO to Collect Cyber Insurance Data to Mitigate Cybersecurity Risk
Staff Writer | April 06, 2016
ISO will collect, aggregate, and analyze cyber insurance data to help address a major issue facing today's cyber insurance market: the need for more...
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Location, Inc. Index Helps Insurers Assess Structure Fire Risk
Staff Writer | February 01, 2016
Location, Inc., a provider of location-based data and tools used by corporations for risk analysis, has introduced a new risk index to help insurers...
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Social Intelligence, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Expand Relationship
Staff Writer | January 29, 2016
Social Intelligence and LexisNexis Risk Solutions announce an expanded relationship...
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Verisk Releases Cyber Exposure Data Standard for Insurance
Staff Writer | January 19, 2016
Verisk Analytics announces that it has released what it calls the industry's first global cyber exposure data standard...
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Managing Risk Through Data-Driven Strategy a Game-Changer for Insurers
Michael P. Voelker | December 04, 2015
In the fast-paced, high-stakes insurance world, companies can’t afford leaving their future to chance. Identifying and managing fundamental threats to...
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Cybersecurity: Balancing Risk and Cost
Chuck McGann | October 27, 2015
There are ways to secure your data that don’t cost more than what you are trying to protect...
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Pick Your Poison: Plenty of Risks for Carriers Today
Bill Jenkins | October 16, 2015
Insurers face risk every day: financial risk, market risk, natural disaster risk. No part of the organization is immune...
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The Federal Government and Security Standards Meet at a Dangerous Time
Robert Regis Hyle | October 12, 2015
Like a ticking clock—channel the old Jack Bauer thriller 24—our enemies, some known the majority unknown, are looking at ways to attack us...
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Xpertdoc Achieves Highest Security Compliance Certification
Staff Writer | September 24, 2015
Xpertdoc Technologies announces it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001 certification, a globally recognized standard of information security best practices...
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Insurers Staying Secure with Cyber Security Technology
Shawn O'Rourke | August 17, 2015
Threats in the insurance industry have shown no one is immune from attack...
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Verisk Adds Hazard Scoring to Commercial Property Surveys
Staff Writer | August 10, 2015
Verisk Insurance Solutions announces that the Relative Hazard Percentile is now provided on all field surveys performed by the company...
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Insurers Face Cyber Risk Challenges from All Directions
Mitchell Wein | July 28, 2015
The message is clear, there will be regulatory pressure to do something around cybersecurity. The National Institute of Standards and Technology...
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Capacity Insurance Partners with Berkley Re Direct, IDT911
Staff Writer | July 16, 2015
Capacity Insurance announces a partnership with Berkley Re Direct and IDT911, a leading provider of services which help businesses defend against data...
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Verisk Uses iovation's Device to Fight Policy, Claims Fraud
Staff Writer | July 15, 2015
Verisk Insurance Solutions and iovation announce the launch of the Verisk Device Reputation Service, a tool to help insurers prevent fraud by exposing...
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Yet Another Reminder that Security Begins with You
Robert Regis Hyle | June 23, 2015
Baseball has a long history of chicanery, but nothing like the news from last week that the FBI is investigating the breach of the database of the...
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Oceanwide Tool Assesses Cyber Risks
Staff Writer | June 19, 2015
Oceanwide announces the availability of the company’s new Cyber Risk Assessment Tool, which will help insurers identify and mitigate company-specific...
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Oceanwide's Cyber Risk Assessment Tool Now Available
Staff Writer | June 11, 2015
Oceanwide, an Insurity company, announces the availability of the company's new Cyber Risk Assessment Tool, which will help insurers identify and...
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Risk Management Focus Has Flipped Since Bubble Burst
Nicholas Michellod | May 12, 2015
The insurance industry has faced difficult times following the collapse of the subprime bubble back in 2008...
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Verisk Expands Wildfire Risk Management Service to Three New States
Staff Writer | May 04, 2015
Verisk Insurance Solutions announces the addition of Montana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming to its FireLine wildfire risk management service...
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Social Intelligence Launches Social Media Risk Scoring for Insurers
Staff Writer | April 28, 2015
Social Intelligence, a provider of social media risk assessment tools and data, announced the launch of its Social Media Risk Scoring solution for P&C...
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Managing Risk Continues to Evolve for Insurance Carriers
Mitchell Wein | April 27, 2015
Insurers have been in the business of managing risk exposure and pricing to cover risk since insurance evolved as an industry over 500 years ago...
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You’ve Been Hacked: Few Surprises in Cybersecurity Study
Robert Regis Hyle | April 21, 2015
When Janeen Blanton asked the audience at a session of ITA LIVE last week to guess the number of insurance carriers where Salient Commercial Solutions...
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Salient’s Blanton Speaks at ITA LIVE on Cybersecurity Challenges for Insurers
Staff Writer | April 12, 2015
Salient Commercial Solutions announces that Janeen Blanton will speak at the Insurance Technology Association’s (ITA) inaugural event, ITA LIVE, in Ft...
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Cyber Security Gains More Regulatory Attention
Robert Regis Hyle | March 02, 2015
There are two words that throw the fear of god into the face of any insurance carrier: regulatory compliance...
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Salient, Bivio Solution Provides IPv6 Protection for High Speed Networks
Staff Writer | February 09, 2015
Salient Commercial Solutions, Inc., and Bivio Networks, Inc., announce a technology partnership. The new solution, Assure6 IPv6 Sensor for Bivio...
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Looking for a Good Night’s Rest
Robert Regis Hyle | January 26, 2015
A favorite question of journalists—and I admit to using it myself at times—is what keeps people up at night. In our case, the question is normally...
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LexisNexis Launches Fraud Defense Network
Staff Writer | November 17, 2014
LexisNexis Risk Solutions announces the launch of the LexisNexis Fraud Defense Network, an alliance that seeks to link organizations across all...
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Verisk Incorporates By-Peril Ratings into Rating, Underwriting Process
Staff Writer | November 14, 2014
Verisk Insurance Solutions - Underwriting announces the availability of property-specific by-peril rating data from the ISO Risk Analyzer Homeowners...
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Cyber Attacks Coming to a Business Near You
Robert Regis Hyle | November 11, 2014
As the holiday season closes in on us, it’s the time of the year when we break out our credit cards and say a little prayer that the websites we shop...
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ISO Analytics Tool Measures Geographic Personal Auto Risks
Staff Writer | October 09, 2014
ISO announces the release of its ISO Risk Analyzer Personal Auto Environmental Module, a predictive analytics tool insurers can use to improve...
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ITA Sponsoring CLM Cyber Liability Summit
Staff Writer | September 25, 2014
The Insurance Technology Association is a Silver Sponsor for the 2014 Cyber Liability Summit presented by The CLM on October 15, at the New York...
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Anti-fraud Technology Offers Insurers Positive ROI: Survey
Staff Writer | September 23, 2014
Insurer use of anti-fraud technology is rising, more insurers see a positive ROI and they increasingly rely on technology to counter emerging threats...
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Solution Providers Abandoned the IKEA Approach
Robert Regis Hyle | September 23, 2014
Have you shopped much at IKEA? The prices are great and the furniture looks good in a practical sort of way. The bigger challenge, at least for guys...
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Just When You Thought it Was Safe . . .
Robert Regis Hyle | September 08, 2014
When my mother died, my siblings assigned me the task of sorting through thousands of old photographs and distributing anything of real sentimental...
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Venture Capital
Robert Regis Hyle | July 21, 2014
If we needed any more reason to believe cybersecurity is top of mind for American insurance carriers, we have this: According to CNN: Venture capital...
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West Bend Mutual Chooses Sapiens Reinsurance Solution
Staff Writer | July 15, 2014
Sapiens International Corporation announces that Wisconsin-based West Bend Mutual Insurance has selected the Sapiens Reinsurance solution. The Sapiens...
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ISO Announces Strategic Collaboration with IDT911
Staff Writer | July 11, 2014
ISO announces a strategic collaboration with IDT911 (IDentity Theft 911) a consultative provider of identity and data risk management, resolution, and...
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SunGard Launches Risk Modelling Solution for P&C
Staff Writer | June 30, 2014
SunGard has launched its iWorks Prophet GI solution to help general/property & casualty (P&C) insurers manage the complexity of risk modelling...
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Failing to Plan is an Insurer's Biggest Risk
Oscar Lewis | June 23, 2014
Independent studies have shown that most small- and medium-size enterprises do not devote enough time to the planning process. Time constraints, lack...
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AMIS, Selects SunGard’s iWorks Prophet for Testing Solvency Risk Model
Staff Writer | June 17, 2014
As part of Mexico’s implementation of a risk-based insurance solvency system, the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS) has chosen...
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High and Dry: Insurers Search for Disaster Recovery Plans
Michael P. Voelker | June 04, 2014
It was strangely appropriate—albeit very annoying—that in the midst of working on an article dealing with disaster recovery, I suffered a random...
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The Human Operating System is 100 Percent Vulnerable
Bryant G. Tow | June 02, 2014
Cyber-attacks are through the roof. Numbers from the FBI, Verizon Breach Report, the Ponemon Institute and nearly every industry source all agree...
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It’s the Time of the Season
Robert Regis Hyle | May 27, 2014
Most people look forward to the start of a new season, unless, of course, it’s storm season and you are an insurance carrier. We’re just four days...
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Risks Abound, Now Manage Them
Steve Callahan | April 28, 2014
The heart of risk management consists of identifying and analyzing exposures and then taking the necessary steps to minimize risk...
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J'accuse: When Insurance Carriers, Vendors Disagree
George Grieve | April 25, 2014
Last year I participated in a new and different play—the final act between carrier and vendor—a legal proceeding. This project had gone so wrong that...
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Mobile Device Management Just One Answer to BYOD Issue
Martin Gillespie | April 04, 2014
Over the past decade, the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) concept has become popular with insurance organizations and employees alike. Finding the...
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You Are a Target for a Cyber Attack
Bryant G. Tow | March 19, 2014
In the insurance space, I hear a few common statements about cyber security: “I am just an independent agent” or “We are only a small regional company...
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Organization is the Key for Selecting Software Vendors
Larry Fortin | February 12, 2014
An inside look at how one insurance IT manager goes about the difficult task of keeping existing systems humming while searching for new software...
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Finding the Cure for Obamacare’s Website
George Grieve | February 12, 2014
The rush to implement the national healthcare website proved once again the danger of rushing a project before it has been tested thoroughly...
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Combatting Cyber Threats: Predict, Prevent, Persist
Carlos Fernandes | February 12, 2014
U.S. companies have become a target for hackers across the world...
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The Shame in Cyber Security Lapses
Michael P. Voelker | February 10, 2014
One word that scares insurance executives, from CEOs down to network administrators is “hacked.” The loss of data and an inability to run the company...
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New App from XL Group Improves View of Complex Risks
Staff Writer | February 10, 2014
XL Group’s insurance risk engineers are now using a new app designed for the company to transform how property loss prevention services and risk...
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INSURANCE IT NEWS
- Arturo Hires New General Counsel
- Zurich NA Adds Chisel AI for Underwriting
- Insurity Acquires AuSuM Systems
- Method Insurance to Streamline Underwriting with Origami Risk
- BrokerTech Ventures Launches BTV LATAM Partnership, Adds UNICO Group as Broker Partner
- Roost Rolls Out White-Label Home Security Solution
- Norway’s Gjensidige Pensjonsforsikring Selects Sapiens Digital Solution
- Insurium Names Insurtech Veteran Jeremy Williams CEO
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The SaaS-based Gigaforce platform connects parties within the claims/subrogation/collection/legal ecosystem using DLT/blockchain... READ MORE
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BLOGS AND COLUMNS
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Digital Drip: New Lease on Life
Robert Hunter
How the COVID pandemic has shaped the life insurance industry... READ MORE
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Transformation Corner: Core System Transformation
Karen Furtado
Inside the evolving world of core systems for P&C insurers post-pandemic... READ MORE
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Down Market Opportunities Beckon Benefits Insurers
You have surely heard it said that small businesses are the growth engine for America. Today, the phrase has a special ring to it for benefits... READ MORE
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Technology at the Heart of Change in Insurance
With stagnant growth and lingering low interest rates, the life insurance industry faces a challenging future... READ MORE
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Got Policies? IVANS Service Helps Feed Commercial Lines Producers
Finding insurance carriers willing to write commercial lines risks has always been a challenge for producers... READ MORE
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Technology Changes Coming Faster than Ever for Insurers
As Guidewire Software prepares for the start of Connections, its 11th annual user conference that begins on Nov. 2, Brian Desmond, chief marketing... READ MORE
Vendor Views
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5 Things to Consider When Modernizing a Surety System
Successful implementation requires balancing operational and emotional issues... READ MORE
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Partner News
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Big Data and Insurtech: A Carrier Perspective
Insurance has always relied on large volumes of data to gauge customer behavior and more. But as big data has gotten bigger, insurtech has empowered... READ MORE
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