Neowin News Feed for: Insurance

Systems paralyzed by CrowdStrike within 78 minutes to cause $15 billion in losses worldwide

Martin Hodás — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 03:10:01 +0000

Even though the massive CrowdStrike outage caused billions in damages, insurance companies will cover only a fraction of the losses. A third of the total cost comes from the Fortune 500 businesses. Read more...

'HardBit' ransomware asks victims to provide insurance details to identify ransom demand

Justin Luna — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 04:06:01 +0000

The threat actors behind a ransomware strain called "HardBit" were recently seen asking victims to provide them with their insurance details. This is so they can tailor their demand within the policy. Read more...

Amazon UK looks to get into the home insurance comparison space

Paul Hill — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:02:01 +0000

Amazon has begun rolling out Amazon Insurance Store to customers in the United Kingdom. It has three launch partners, but plans to expand this in the coming months. Access will be open to all by 2023. Read more...

Vodafone to green up its European operations from Spring

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:56:01 +0000

Vodafone is planning to offer a range of new services in Europe that will extend the life of devices. This will help the company become a circular economy business where little is thrown away. Read more...

IBM's new Telum chips will help infer enterprise workload, detect fraud, and more

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 07:54:01 +0000

IBM has introduced its new Telum processor at the annual Hot Chips conference. The processor is IBM's first one that can do on-chip acceleration for AI inferencing during a transaction. Read more...

Phyn Plus review: A water and leak monitor can save your home from a burst pipe

Christopher White — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 16:00:01 +0000

If you worry about water usage or what would happen if your house sprung a leak, check out the Phyn Plus, a whole home water sensor that breaks down your usage and can shut your water in an emergency. Read more...

Samsung Care+ members could soon opt for theft and loss insurance coverage

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 09:22:01 +0000

Samsung may be expanding its Care+ insurance plan for members to include coverage for theft and loss of a device. However, it remains unclear for now how much the additional cost would be. Read more...

Check out this revolutionary home and renters insurance alternative

News Staff — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 19:00:01 +0000

Lemonade makes home and renters insurance easy with the iOS or Android apps: no more paperwork or stressful calls. Renters insurance starts at $5 and for homeowners starting at $25. Read more...

Lemonade is a revolutionary home and renters insurance alternative

News Staff — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:00:01 +0000

Lemonade makes home and renters insurance easy with the iOS or Android apps: no more paperwork or stressful calls. Renters insurance starts at $5 and for homeowners starting at $25. Read more...

A revolutionary home and renters insurance alternative

News Staff — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:30:01 +0000

Lemonade makes home and renters insurance easy with the iOS or Android apps: no more paperwork or stressful calls. Renters insurance starts at $5 and for homeowners starting at $25. Read more...

This tech-driven insurance company eliminates the hassle of traditional claims processing

News Staff — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:46:01 +0000

Lemonade makes home and renters insurance easy with the iOS or Android apps: no more paperwork or stressful calls. Renters insurance starts at $5 and for homeowners starting at $25. Read more...

Microsoft UK quietly extends free insurance and Office 365 "limited time offer" for Surface

Andy Weir — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 14:48:01 +0000

A "limited time offer" on the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 - giving buyers two years of free insurance, plus a year of Office 365 with the Book - has had its limited time extended by two weeks. Read more...

Tesla looking to expand all-in-one solution that will include insurance and maintenance

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 05:02:01 +0000

Tesla would like to offer an all-in-one solution for its vehicles that will bundle maintenance and insurance. The firm is already offering this service in Asia but hopes to expand it to all regions. Read more...

Lumia 'self-help app' released by Microsoft's new official service and support partner

Andy Weir — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:50:26 +0000

Microsoft's new global customer support partner has launched a 'self-help app' to assist users in diagnosing problems with their phones, along with new insurance plans to protect against damage. Read more...

US government agrees algorithms are real drivers behind Google cars, not humans

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:46:01 +0000

In an important decision, a branch of the US government has declared that the definition of a 'driver' needs to be changed and legal car requirements altered to make room for self-driving cars. Read more...

Bitcoin vault with insurance opens in London

Mik McLean — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 22:10:11 +0000

Bitcoins and bitcoin wallets have always been a target for hackers, if a hacker manages to get in and steal your bitcoins there is not a lot that can be done....until now! Read more...

iPhone insurance plan... Now there's an app for that

Benjamin Rubenstein — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:06:54 +0000

With nearly every phone on the market, as long as you're within 30 days of purchase, you can enter into an insurance plan contract for X amount of dollars a month. However, the iPhone has... Read more...

Microsoft, ACORD Link Insurance Forms to XML Web Services

Tom Warren — Mon, 19 May 2003 14:48:05 +0000

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 to Help Insurance Industry Cut Processing Time and Costs, Reduce Errors Today at the 2003 ACORD Conference Microsoft Corp. and the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and... Read more...

EBay Sellers to Get Insurance Offer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:30:15 +0000

Thanks neo1980 Person 1: "Are u insured" Person 2: "Yeh I'm with Ebay" :D Online retailer eBay Inc. will offer health insurance to merchants who make a living auctioning items... Read more...