All the headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2016 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson Insurance Services has expanded its National Casualty Practice leadership team, creating a new innovation chief position and appointing a new practice leader.Sharon Brainard will take on the...
Jul 18 2016 // Telling Tesla drivers its Autopilot feature doesn’t mean their cars can drive themselves may not be enough to keep Elon Musk off the hot seat if the technology comes up short.This month, two Teslas equipped with...
Jul 15 2016 // Chubb announced that has enhanced MasterPackage for Technology Companies, its comprehensive single contract insurance solution for technology businesses in the UK, as it continues to expand its offering in this key sector...
Jul 12 2016 // Munich Re has partnered with insurtech startup Slice Labs Inc. as Slice prepares to launch its first on-demand, per-use insurance product.Slice and Munich Re said they have agreed to an ongoing roll-out of products and...
Jul 11 2016 // For years, U.S. investigators have been calling for more automation on motor vehicles, such as sensors that slam on the brakes to prevent a crash.At the same time, the National Transportation Safety Board, in its probes of...
Jul 11 2016 // Octo Telematics SpA, the Italian car insurance-technology company, is pursuing an outright sale alongside preparations for an initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Octo, owned by...
Jul 11 2016 // Connecticut’s insurance commissioner announced Tuesday that nonprofit health insurer HealthyCT must be placed under state supervision to protect the company’s 40,000 policyholders.Commissioner Katharine Wade...
Jul 11 2016 // I have had agents tell me they have lost clients because of their “digital deficiencies,” which can include outdated websites and email systems and the lack of mobile capabilities.The exact mix of factors vary,...
Jun 30 2016 // Cooper Gay, the global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced the appointment of Peter Hacker as group chief innovation officer. He takes up his role with immediate effect reporting to Steve Hearn, group...
Jun 24 2016 // The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) received the 2016 Innovation Torchbearer Award from the Insurance Marketing & Communications Association.IMCA’s annual Innovation Torchbearer Award...
Jun 23 2016 // Channel Syndicate 2015 at Lloyd’s is launching an Innovation Division, which will further structure Channel’s activities and organization to explore new classes and opportunities outside its traditional...
Jun 22 2016 // High-tech safety features have jumped to a high priority for older U.S. car-shoppers, who want to keep their freedom of mobility, a study released Tuesday reports.Among Americans 50 and up who plan to shop for a car in the...
Jun 20 2016 // General Motors Co. is rolling out a sedan laden with gadgets that track other cars on the road and can automatically brake to avoid collisions, fulfilling a safety vision decades in the making.Yet the 2017 Cadillac CTS...
Jun 20 2016 // Fraudsters are more often caught by tip-offs and complaints, management review, accidentally, suspicious superiors and internal audits than by use of technology and data analytics.According to consulting firm KPMG, North...
Jun 20 2016 // Bunker Project Inc., a San Francisco, Calif.-based insurance technology startup, announced a $2 million seed funding round.The round was co-led by Comcast Ventures and Route 66 Ventures. Insurance carriers Hiscox and...
Jun 20 2016 // That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind.Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have to do the driving, and drones...
Jun 17 2016 // While 90 percent of insurers fear they will lose business to a FinTech start-up, only 43 percent say they have put FinTech at the heart of their corporate strategies, according to report published by PwC.As customers...
Jun 15 2016 // Within venture capital circles, the insurance industry is sexy right now. It seems not a week goes by without another startup being announced, some with niche angles such as peer-to-peer distribution, insurance for...
Jun 15 2016 // Zenefits, a human resources software startup that has been beleaguered by compliance issues, is laying off more than 100 employees, as investors point to the company as a cautionary tale for startups that try to grow too...
Jun 15 2016 // German insurer Allianz expects the technology underpinning virtual currency bitcoin to encourage trading in catastrophe bonds, which transfer the risk of natural disasters such as hurricanes to investors.“Cat...