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Insurance Technology Is a Driver for Change

Oct 16 2023 // The insurance industry is truly a nexus for innovation. Particularly through the use of technology, it is inspiring to dive into the many ways insurance professionals across the country and the world create real-time...

Tech Update: Xceedance Offers Cat Modeling Services to Reinsurers During Renewals

Oct 13 2023 // Xceedance, a global provider of strategic operations support, technology, and data services to insurance organizations, announced the launch of burst capacity catastrophe modeling resources to support reinsurers during...

Google to Defend Generative AI Users From Copyright Claims

Oct 13 2023 // Google said on Thursday that it will defend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms if they are accused of intellectual property violations, joining Microsoft, Adobe...

India Insurance Startup Raises Funds at $650 Million Valuation

Oct 11 2023 // Indian startup InsuranceDekho has raised $60 million in Series B funding, driving the online insurance seller’s valuation to more than $650 million.Investors including Japanese giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group...

Tech Update: Re/Insurance Communications Platform ‘fuse’ Launches

Oct 6 2023 // A communications platform called “fuse” has been launched for the global commercial insurance and reinsurance industry.Fuse promises retail, wholesale and reinsurance brokers, insureds, insurers and reinsurers...

National Security Agency Is Starting an Artificial Intelligence Security Center

Oct 5 2023 // The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center – a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly acquired, developed and integrated into U.S. defense and intelligence systems,...

Bill Gates-Backed Florida Startup Aims to Turn Oil-Drilling Gas into Useful Methanol

Oct 3 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Semi trailer-sized machines could provide a unique solution to a major source of the fossil fuel industry’s methane problem. Rather than flaring or venting the planet-warming gas into the...

Microsoft CEO Says Tech Giants Battling for Content to Build AI

Oct 3 2023 // Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said Monday tech giants were competing for vast troves of content needed to train artificial intelligence, and complained Google was locking up content with expensive and exclusive...

3 Construction Innovations Changing Builders Risk Insurance Exposures

Oct 2 2023 // Construction is like insurance. The basics don’t change much, but when there are new developments, they can alter the trajectory of the industry.Building innovations — namely 3D construction, solar panels and...

Markets/Coverages: Cyber MGA Measured Insurance Launches AI-Driven Cover for SMEs

Sep 29 2023 // Measured Analytics and Insurance, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based cyber insurance MGA, announced the launch of its insurance product, CyberGuard 2023, for the protection of small-and-midsize enterprises (SMEs).With its...

Ariel Re Relaunches Clean Energy Division, Focusing on Tech Performance Insurance

Sep 27 2023 // Ariel Re, the Bermuda-based re/insurer, has relaunched its Clean Energy division as “Ariel Green,” in recognition of the increasingly crucial role of technology performance insurance in accelerating innovation...

Insurtech MGA Loadsure Partners With WeatherOptics to Boost Cargo Risk Calculations

Sep 27 2023 // Loadsure, the London-based insurtech and managing general agent, has partnered with WeatherOptics, a leading weather intelligence platform, with the aim of bringing weather intelligence into its risk calculations.Loadsure...

Thomson Reuters AI Copyright Dispute Must Go to Trial, Judge Says

Sep 26 2023 // A jury must decide the outcome of a lawsuit by information services company Thomson Reuters accusing Ross Intelligence of unlawfully copying content from its legal-research platform Westlaw to train a competing artificial...

Tech Startups in US, France, Germany Help in Fight Against Wildfires

Sep 25 2023 // This year has been a challenging one for Phil Schneider, who hasn’t seen wildfire behavior like this in his 47-year firefighting career.Blazes raged through more than 2,000 acres of wildland in recent months in his...

Cisco to Buy Splunk for $28 Billion in Giant AI-Powered Data Bet

Sep 22 2023 // Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to buy Splunk Inc. in a deal valued at about $28 billion, representing its biggest acquisition yet and a massive push into software and artificial intelligence-powered data analysis.The networking...

Maritime Industry Eyes Nuclear Power for Ships as Tech Advances; Insurers Are Wary

Sep 21 2023 // The maritime industry is exploring whether nuclear fuel can be used to power commercial ships as advancements in technology open up such options, industry officials said.Nevertheless, any possible nuclear fuel solutions...

Tech Update: Conduit Re Uses hyperexponential’s Pricing Decision Intelligence Platform

Sep 21 2023 // Conduit Re, the Bermuda-based global reinsurer, is achieving end-to-end underwriting with pricing decision intelligence (PDI) company hyperexponential.Using the PDI platform, hx Renew, Conduit Re is now able to rapidly...

Assumable Mortgages Could Save Buyers Thousands in Interest, Startup Says

Sep 20 2023 // A New York startup company said it is now offering a platform that will make it easier for homebuyers to assume a mortgage from the seller, potentially saving buyers significantly over current interest rates.Roam, as...

7 Myths About Business and Innovation During a Recession, and Why They’re Simply Hooey

Sep 20 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.There are plenty of reasons to assume an economic downturn is no time to innovate. Here’s why that logic is wrong, and the truth about innovating in uncertain...

With the Rise of AI in Insurance, the Human Element is More Important Than Ever

Sep 18 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.There’s no denying that the digital age is upon us. The insurance industry has experienced sweeping changes, none more visible than the transformations we’ve...