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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