Article archive

Gartner Says 4.9 Billion Connected "Things" Will Be in Use in 2015

11/11/2014 20:55
In 2020, 25 Billion Connected "Things" Will Be in Use Analysts to Explore the Disruptive Impact of IoT on Business at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2014, November 9-13 in Barcelona, Spain Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 4.9 billion connected things will be in use in 2015, up 30 percent from 2014, and...

What does EU regulatory guidance on the Internet of Things mean in practice? Part 1 by Antonis Patrikios

09/11/2014 18:23
The Internet of Things (IoT) is likely to be the next big thing, a disruptive technological step that will change the way in which we live and work, perhaps as fundamentally as the ‘traditional’ Internet did. No surprise then that everyone wants a slice of that pie and that there is a lot of...

What does EU regulatory guidance on the Internet of Things mean in practice? Part 2 by Antonis Patrikios

09/11/2014 18:20
In Part 1 of this piece I summarised the key points from the recent Article 29 Working Party (WP29) Opinion on the Internet of Things (IoT), which are largely reflected in the more recent Mauritius Declaration adopted by the Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners...

The new normal: digital’s growing impact on the insurance industry by Matt Edwards

08/11/2014 11:30
Mobile apps and social media only represent a small portion of the digital revolution and its influence on the insurance industry. A bigger piece of the equation—and one that’s much more ambiguous and concerning to carriers—is the influence and role that digital companies will have across the...

Cyber insurance can help companies manage cyber risks, says UK government

08/11/2014 09:41
Providers of cyber insurance policies can help businesses to improve the way they address cyber risks and respond to security breaches, the UK government has said. The government has outlined its support for growth in the cyber insurance market  (2-page / 145KB PDF) in a new joint...

Data Breaches Are Making People Hate Your Brand

08/11/2014 07:08
“It’ll blow over” is not a very good mantra for the retail industry. It seems like we can’t go a few weeks without news of a new data breach. The most recent came by way of Staples, which announced earlier this week that it was looking into a possible flaw in protecting customer credit...

Insurance Covers $27M of Home Depot’s Breach Recovery Costs By Nick Turner

07/11/2014 18:23
Home Depot Inc., which suffered a data breach between April and September, said 53 million e-mail addresses were taken by hackers during the attack, in addition to the 56 million payment cards that were previously disclosed. Home Depot also said that the criminals used a third- party vendor’s user...

European Union Versus United States Approaches to Cyber-Security

05/11/2014 04:56
The thing about electronic data is that it is not subject to traditional geographical boundaries.  Policyholders must navigate a patch work of regulations that often significantly differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.  Two of the largest producers of consumer data are the United...

Will the Internet of Things shrink the insurance industry? by Lynn Kesterson-Townes

05/11/2014 04:47
The Internet of Things (IoT) will rapidly become a HUGE challenge for insurers. The total market for wearable wireless devices in sports and healthcare will grow to 169.5 million devices in 2017, up from 20.77 million in 2011, a CAGR of 41% over six years. By next year, it is expected 1 trillion...

Insurance, Innovation & the Internet of Things by Mark Breading

04/11/2014 20:24
What we've seen with vehicle telematics is just the tip of the iceberg. Imagine the same types of implications (and more) for every tangible item that the industry insures.   The Internet of Things is a hot topic these days. In the eyes of a few P&C insurance leaders, it is more than...
Items: 741 - 750 of 924
<< 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 >>