All the headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys. In today’s digital age, data is the lifeblood of the insurance industry. Accurate and efficient data extraction is crucial for streamlining operations, reducing...
Sep 5 2024 // U.S. facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million) for building what Dutch data protection watchdog DPA said on Tuesday was an illegal database.DPA also issued an additional...
Sep 4 2024 // Introducing the Only Comprehensive Platform for Agency Accounting OperationsSan Francisco, CA – September 4, 2024 – Ascend, the leading provider of accounting automation software to the insurance industry, is...
Sep 4 2024 // California lawmakers approved a host of proposals aiming to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, combat deepfakes and protect workers from exploitation by the rapidly evolving technology.The California...
Aug 30 2024 // Efforts in California to establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest artificial intelligence systems cleared an important vote this week that could pave the way for U.S. regulations on the technology...
Aug 30 2024 // As the world leans into electrification, it will need more lithium. A key ingredient in the batteries that power everything from electric vehicles to cell phones, demand is projected to accelerate over the next decade.To...
Aug 29 2024 // A US appeals court has struck down a long-standing argument from social media platforms: that a federal law grants them blanket immunity from being held accountable for user harms – even the wrongful death of children.In...
Aug 29 2024 // Converge Insurance CEO Tom Kang said one of his most important pieces of advice for other InsurTechs is a seemingly obvious but often overlooked point, and that is to remember the insurance part of InsurTech.“Maybe...
Aug 28 2024 // A group of state lawmakers began wading through the complex world of artificial intelligence Tuesday, providing an early glimpse at how Texas may seek to regulate the booming technology.During a nearly four-hour hearing,...
Aug 27 2024 // Root, Inc., parent company of Root Insurance Company, has partnered with personal lines insurance agency Goosehead Insurance, Inc. on a technology integration partnership they said will speed up Goosehead agents’...
Aug 27 2024 // The state-sponsored Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon is exploiting a bug in a California-based startup to hack American and Indian internet companies, according to security researchers.Volt Typhoon has...
Aug 27 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.One could argue the entire insurance industry is a web of interdependent players, ranging from the carriers that create products to the agencies that distribute them, to...
Aug 23 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Peter Miraglia as executive vice president, Alliant Specialty, within the company’s mergers & acquisitions vertical.Miraglia brings over...
Aug 23 2024 // Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California federal court by three authors who say it misused their books and hundreds of thousands of others to train its AI-powered...
Aug 22 2024 // Corporate risk managers looking to gauge the likelihood that their directors and officers will be sued and how much that might cost have a new digital tool to help them.Global insurance broker Aon has launched its...
Aug 22 2024 // California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in California even as a number of tech giants have voiced broad...
Aug 19 2024 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) released a bulletin this month addressing the growing use of artificial intelligence in the insurance industry. The bulletin clarifies DIFS’...
Aug 15 2024 // McKinsey & Co. is seeing an increase in the number of clients seeking artificial intelligence-linked projects, as faster adoption of the technology helps the consulting titan and its peers boost revenue following a...
Aug 14 2024 // Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has partnered with insurtech firm Sprout Inc. and the Kenyan insurer Britam to launch a parametric insurance product, which aims to protect Kenyan...
Aug 13 2024 // Hiscox, the global specialist insurer, has launched the London insurance market’s first lead underwriting platform enhanced by generative AI, aiming to provide sabotage and terrorism insurance quotes to customers...