All the headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
Jul 1 2013 // Out of a tiny, green shack on a parking lot in an industrial area south of San Francisco International Airport, three teenagers are trying to change the airport car rental business. To do it, all they need are your cars,...
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...
May 30 2013 // Self-driving cars being developed by Google Inc. and some automakers are getting a lift from U.S. auto-safety regulators eager to accelerate automation that they predict could prevent many crashes.Transportation Department...
May 30 2013 // Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) and The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB) have formed a strategic alliance that will provide a technology and services product to understand and assess...
May 30 2013 // A southern Indiana woman asserts in a federal lawsuit that the hospital where she worked fired her after she requested medical leave in order to take care of her disabled son.Katherine Harner of Shoals sued Daviess...
May 28 2013 // Nick Fearon has joined UK-based Miller Insurance Services as a senior producer and broker to develop a book of business that includes professional indemnity, technology and cyber risks.“Nick has strong, long-standing...
May 21 2013 // Fleet managers and parents of teenager drivers were given another weapon in their battle against distracted driving on Tuesday.That’s according to Cellcontrol, the maker of technology to stop distracted driving. The...
May 20 2013 // Technology veteran Todd Coombes’ approach to his new job as the first chief information officer for the California Earthquake Authority is to keep an enterprising yet cautious eye on the risks and rewards that...
May 1 2013 // Ebix Europe, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Ebix, Inc., which provides global insurance trading platforms and messaging products, has been appointed by marine broker Ropner Insurance Services to provide its London market...
Apr 15 2013 // A 100-car “naturalistic” driving study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute says that fatigue is a cause of 20 percent of car crashes, rather than the two or three percent previously...
Apr 3 2013 // Many believe there is still opportunity for independent insurance agents and their carriers to grab personal lines market share. But to do so they must find a way to compete against the giant direct response and captive...
Mar 21 2013 // The Obama administration on Wednesday said its experiments at controlling healthcare costs could need up to a year to produce results, frustrating congressional lawmakers eager to know if new innovations in care delivery...
Mar 20 2013 // Patent competition in the United States is usually a fierce arena for private companies, but now the South Korean and French governments are suiting up.Both countries have launched patent-acquisition companies, with the...
Mar 11 2013 // Many believe there is still opportunity for independent insurance agents and their carriers to grab personal lines market share. But to do so they must find a way to compete against the giant direct response and captive...
Feb 25 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong.The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
Feb 22 2013 // Ebix Inc., a major provider of software and e-commerce products for the insurance industry, saw its stock price fall more than 25 percent Thursday, Feb. 21, after a research report critical of Ebix’s financial...
Feb 19 2013 // There are many cyber insurance products available for purchase, and each is somewhat unique. Some products are more comprehensive than others. Some cyber insurance products are combined with insurance policies of another...