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Self-Driving Cars Could Be on U.S. Roads by 2020
Sep 4 2013 // Cars that drive themselves could be on U.S. roads by the end of this decade. But don’t take your foot off the pedal just yet. Automakers, universities and others are at various stages in the development of autonomous...
Railroad Industry Wants Delay in Safety Technology Requirement
Sep 4 2013 // Despite a rash of deadly train crashes, the railroad industry’s allies in Congress are trying to push back the deadline for installing technology to prevent the most catastrophic types of collisions until at least...
Willis Report Finds Many Firms Silent on Cyber Risk
Sep 4 2013 // Fortune 1,000 firms in the health care, technology and insurance sectors top the list of industry groups most concerned about cyber threats, but many public companies still appear to be avoiding seriously addressing the...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas for Agencies
Aug 19 2013 // Insurance Journal has listened to readers, spoken with experts, combed through columns and articles and even searched outside insurance circles to find the best sales and marketing tips for independent agencies today. Here...
Information Technology and Risk Complexity
Aug 19 2013 // In today’s legal environment, nearly every company faces some kind of litigation risk. With the growing ubiquity of technology in not just the corporate market, but the consumer marketplace as well, the risk for...
Want to Make More Money in the Insurance Business? Specialize.
Aug 16 2013 // Insurance producers who specialize in an industry or insurance product line make more money than those who don’t. Likewise, agencies that encourage their producers to specialize bring in more revenue than those...
Travelers, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Discuss Top Trends in Trucking
Aug 15 2013 // The Travelers Companies Inc. and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) recently co-hosted a symposium where research on some of the top concerns of the trucking industry was discussed with fleet managers and...
The Hartford Broadens Professional Liability Offerings for Tech Companies
Aug 9 2013 // The Hartford has enhanced its FailSafe suite of professional liability offerings to address the evolving needs of technology companies with expanded coverage for data, systems and networks. “Professional liability is...
Insurance Tech Firm Ebix Reportedly Under U.S. Review for Possible Money Laundering
Aug 6 2013 // Federal investigators are reviewing Ebix Inc.’s cross-border financial transactions to see whether the Atlanta-based software company engaged in money laundering, according to three people with knowledge of the...
Want to Make More Money in the Insurance Business? Specialize.
Aug 5 2013 // Insurance producers who specialize in an industry or insurance product line make more money than those who don’t. Likewise, agencies that encourage their producers to specialize bring in more revenue than those...
Testing of Health Exchanges’ Technology Planned for September
Aug 1 2013 // The Obama administration is preparing to subject the information technology backbone of the new state and federal healthcare exchanges to final “dress rehearsal” testing that could continue until just before...
Companies Bringing Safety Technology to Grain Storage
Jul 31 2013 // The one sure-fire way to avoid dying in a grain bin is to stay out. That’s where Scott Haugan and some high-tech wizardry come in. The Des Moines Register reports Haugan, who runs the Howgan grain storage technology...
Safety Board Recommends ‘Talking Vehicles’ Technology in New Models
Jul 25 2013 // The government should set performance standards for new safety technology that allows cars and trucks to talk to each other and then require the technology be installed in all new vehicles, a federal accident investigation...
No Heat Technology On Rig That Hit SFO Asiana Survivor
Jul 23 2013 // The fire rig that ran over and killed a 16-year-old Asiana Airlines crash survivor was not equipped with heat sensing equipment that might have saved her life. A San Francisco Chronicle story says fire officials...
Overcoming the Fear of Insuring Emerging Risks
Jul 22 2013 // For an industry that depends on lots of data to develop products and price them according to risk, the insurance industry finds covering new and emerging risks to be no easy task. Carriers try to address new risks,...
Market Forces, Technology Transforming P/C Agents’ Role: McKinsey
Jun 19 2013 // A report this month from consulting firm McKinsey & Company says market forces and technology are changing the role of the agent in the property/casualty insurance distribution. The report, titled “Agents of the...
Most Insurance Agencies Say Technology Helped Fiscal Growth: Survey
Jun 14 2013 // The majority of insurance agencies (77 percent) directly attribute their fiscal growth during 2012-2013 to the use of technology, according to a new industry survey. The survey, conducted by Vertafore at this year’s...
Chemical Shippers Lose Court Bid to Derail Train Safety Technology
Jun 13 2013 // Chemical shippers failed to show any business harm from a regulation requiring railroads to deploy new train-safety technology, a U.S. appeals court said, throwing out a lawsuit challenging the 2012 rule. The Arlington,...
Aon Risk Inks Deal with Mexico’s QET Tech Aerospace for Liability Coverage
Jun 11 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced that it has been selected by QET Tech Aerospace to provide liability coverage for the Mexico-based aviation company. Aon said its...
XL Group Launches New Online Platform ‘Fast Fast Forward’ for Risks
Jun 10 2013 // XL Group announced the launch of “Fast Fast Forward,” which it described as a “new online platform for commentary, news and tools to advance discussion of risk and business challenges. Fast Fast...
