What Every CISO Needs to Know About Cyber Insurance

March 2, 2020

Decades ago, a group of merchants created a concept of general average—which is when all parties in a maritime venture share in losses resulting from a sacrifice of cargo in an emergency. What this group fashioned in 1890 was a method for merchants to insure their shipped goods. Upon landing, merchants whose cargo landed safely were expected to contribute a portion to merchants whose goods had been lost at sea. With this, an early form of insurance was born.

Spotlight

Hourly

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Hourly.io is a data driven insurance startup offering workers' comp insurance and full-service payroll for small and medium businesses with hourly workers. Powered by real-time data, Hourly's platform ensures running payroll is as quick as pressing a button and that you get accurate workers' comp premiums down to the penny.

OTHER WHITEPAPERS
news image

Streamlining the Automotive Claims Process via Integrated Intelligent Automation

whitePaper | November 21, 2019

As intelligent automation (IA) emerges as a best practice across numerous industries, insurers and technology service providers alike are racing to build out use cases for IA that streamline the various stages of an automotive insurance claim. While automation cannot be viewed as an isolated lever or standalone solution to bring efficiency and cost savings, when IA integrates with other channels, technologies and platforms, it unleashes its full potential.

Read More
news image

The Future of Insurtech Collaboration

whitePaper | January 24, 2023

In the wake of rapidly-evolving customer expectations, an ongoing industry-wide digital transformation, and the rise of insurtech firms, innovation and technology have become watchwords for today’s global insurance industry. The challenge facing large, established incumbents such as Zurich is how to innovate effectively and whether external collaboration could have a significant impact on driving innovation as opposed to trying to go it alone.

Read More
news image

Reinsurance management: The biggest risk in insurance?

whitePaper | June 14, 2023

Reinsurance is a vital function, empowering insurers to offer more coverage to more customers at a more competitive price. But at a time when every insight, innovation and advantage is needed to help insurers take ownership of their reinsurance program, their antiquated reinsurance management systems and methods may be the biggest factor limiting their reinsurance program success and business performance.

Read More
news image

LXA — a unique, no-code solution transforming the insurance claims process

whitePaper | December 20, 2022

Traditionally, those specialists working on data analytics and machine learning use cases have a fairly niche skill set. They have an innate aptitude for computer science, statistics, math and so forth.

Read More
news image

Removing inefficiency in commercial insurance

whitePaper | June 21, 2022

The challenges facing the insurance industry are piling up. 2020 saw a record number of catastrophic events that each caused at least $1 billion in damages, while the economic contraction caused by the pandemic response affected insurance particularly severely.

Read More
news image

Tackling the complex challenges of commercial insurers

whitePaper | May 15, 2023

Commercial insurance is an information juggernaut. The sheer volume, myriad sources, and constant change of data make it uniquely challenging to model, price, process, and service large-schedule policies – and handle complex claims – at the pace of today’s business. Duck Creek supports some of the world’s leading commercial insurers with solutions designed for volume, complexity, speed, and, most of all, change. This white paper explores the unique challenges facing commercial insurers today – and outlines the ways in which Duck Creek solutions can turn those challenges into opportunities.

Read More

Spotlight

Hourly

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Hourly.io is a data driven insurance startup offering workers' comp insurance and full-service payroll for small and medium businesses with hourly workers. Powered by real-time data, Hourly's platform ensures running payroll is as quick as pressing a button and that you get accurate workers' comp premiums down to the penny.

Events