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Artificial Intelligence Can’t Be Named as Inventor for Patents: UK Top Court

Dec 20 2023 // Artificial intelligence programs can’t be named as an inventor for patents, the UK’s top court said in a crucial ruling that’s in line with decisions in the US and the European Union refusing to put...

Here’s What’s Next for the EU’s Landmark Artificial Intelligence Act

Dec 15 2023 // European Union countries and lawmakers last week agreed a provisional deal for artificial intelligence rules aimed at establishing guardrails for the rapid development of AI and setting a global standard in technology...

US Regulators Add Artificial Intelligence to Potential Financial System Risks

Dec 15 2023 // Rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) could create new risks for the U.S. financial system if the technology is not properly supervised, a panel of regulators warned on Thursday.The Financial Stability Oversight...

Oklahoma Insurance Department Adopts Surplus Lines Automation Suite

Dec 14 2023 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced the adoption of the Surplus Lines Automation Suite (SLAS) for the reporting and payment of all Oklahoma surplus lines premium taxes beginning January 1, 2024.For all Oklahoma...

Allianz D&O Outlook: ESG Claims ‘Here to Stay’ and AI Rapping at the Door

Dec 14 2023 // While everyone may be talking about potential risks associated with generative artificial intelligence, a new directors & officers report from Allianz highlights a range of current concerns associated with...

Tech Update: Chubb and NetSPI Launch Cyber Protection Partnership

Dec 13 2023 // Chubb announced a collaboration with NetSPI, a global provider proactive security. The pairing is designed to strengthen clients’ cyber-risk profiles with enhanced attack surface management and penetration testing...

Agency E&O Webinar: Panelists Discuss Changing Exposures, AI & More

Dec 13 2023 // While today’s insurance agency errors and omissions market remains mostly stable, emerging exposures, cyber risk, natural disasters and more could shape its course ahead. Insurance Journal gathered three experts to...

Meta Used Copyrighted Books for AI Training Despite Lawyers’ Warnings, Say Authors

Dec 13 2023 // Meta Platforms’ lawyers had warned it about the legal perils of using thousands of pirated books to train its AI models, but the company did it anyway, according to a new filing in a copyright infringement lawsuit...

Tech Update: Hiscox London Mkt, Google Collaborate to Boost Underwriting With AI

Dec 12 2023 // Hiscox, the specialist global insurer, has collaborated with Google Cloud to create the first AI-enhanced lead underwriting model in the London market insurance industry.The collaboration combines Hiscox London...

Microsoft Agrees to Union Contract Terms Governing Its Use of AI

Dec 11 2023 // Microsoft Corp. has agreed to union contract language governing its use of artificial intelligence, creating an avenue for workers to challenge how it deploys the evolving technology.As part of negotiations with the...

European Union Agrees Landmark Deal Governing Use of Artificial Intelligence

Dec 11 2023 // Europe on Friday reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence including governments’ use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such...

Markets/Coverages: Howden Launches European Cyber & Tech E&O Facility

Dec 8 2023 // Howden, the global insurance group, today announces the launch of one of the first dedicated European cyber and technology errors & omissions line slips for primary business.The product is led by Canopius and IQUW with...

UK Data Protection Watchdog Warns Companies Over AI Use and Privacy

Dec 7 2023 // Britain’s data protection watchdog warned companies to consider people’s privacy rights whenever they use artificial intelligence (AI) or face not just fines but losing the public’s trust in the...

4 Other Tech Tools AgentSync Customers Love and Why

Dec 4 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.AgentSync customers know the speed, efficiency, and cost-savings a modern producer licensing and compliance solution brings to their workflows. They also know a thing or...

Tech Firm Settles Over Failure to Accommodate Deaf Job Candidate

Dec 4 2023 // A San Diego-based technology firm for the hospitality industry has avoided a trial over charges it discriminated against a qualified deaf applicant from Massachusetts for a remote IT job.U.S. District Judge Richard G....

Insurtechs Unite to Launch InsurTech Coalition

Nov 30 2023 // Members from several insurtechs, including Boost, Branch, Clearcover, Lemonade and Root Insurance, published an open letter to the insurance industry announcing the launch of the InsurTech Coalition, a trade organization...

London’s Insurance, Finance Workers to See Biggest AI Impact: UK Report

Nov 29 2023 // Management consultants and City of London finance workers are among those most exposed to workplace changes ushered in by artificial intelligence, a new UK government report found, urging changes in schools and training...

US, Britain, Other Countries Ink Agreement to Make AI ‘Secure by Design’

Nov 28 2023 // The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described as the first detailed international agreement on how to keep artificial intelligence safe from rogue...

Artificial Intelligence Not Main Cause of Recent Insurance Layoffs: AM Best

Nov 15 2023 // AM Best does not believe artificial intelligence is the main cause of recent insurance industry layoffs.In commentary released today, the credit rating agency wrote that “it is too soon to cite AI as the leading...

Putting AI to Work Within the ‘Digital Round Trip’: Applied Systems CEO

Nov 15 2023 // The data is out there. The challenge is how to amass it, standardize it and make it useful.Taylor Rhodes, CEO of Applied Systems, stopped by the On Point podcast with host Peter Aartrijk to talk about the future of data...