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AXA Ventures Leads $5M Investment in Cyber-Security Startup Hub Security

May 8 2020 // Hub Security, a startup that offers military-grade cyber-security solutions for fintech, cloud, blockchain and data storage, announced it has closed a $5 million Series A funding round led by AXA Ventures, with...

Q1 Insurtech Fundraising Drops 54% on COVID-19 Disruption: Willis Towers Watson

May 8 2020 // Overall funding for insurtech investments decreased by 54% during the first quarter as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, compared to a record high in Q1 last year, according to a report from Willis Towers...

Senators Seek to Address Privacy Concerns Over Tech Firms’ Covid-19 Contact Tracing

May 4 2020 // A group of Republican U.S. senators said Thursday they would introduce legislation to address consumer privacy concerns surrounding technology companies’ efforts to help build contact tracing apps to fight the new...

AI Specialist omni:us Partners with Insurtech Rokk3r to Enter Latin American Market

May 4 2020 // omni:us, the insurance-focused artificial intelligence (AI) solution business, has announced a partnership with Rokk3r, a global innovation technology and consulting company, to enable the AI company to enter the Latin...

Insurtech Branch Now Offering Auto, Homeowners Insurance in Texas

May 1 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech, Branch, has opened operations in Texas, the company’s fifth statewide expansion since launching in Ohio in August 2019.Branch says it is shaking up the insurance industry providing a...

Insurtech Demo Day 2020

Apr 29 2020 // Just a week shy of our Virtual Insurtech Summit, to air Wednesday, May 6th, I attended the virtual Demo Day of the Hartford Insurtech Hub on Tuesday, April 28th. As the host for our upcoming Summit, I’ve spent time...

Employers Hope to Limit Liability by Catching Social Distancing Scofflaws on Video

Apr 28 2020 // Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras with artificial intelligence software that can track compliance with health guidelines including social...

Three More Lawsuits Filed Against Virginia Tech in Hazing Case

Apr 27 2020 // Three Virginia Tech students are suing the university in federal court over how it handled allegations that they were involved in hazing.The lawsuits were filed last week by former Corps of Cadets members who say they were...

Insurtech ‘Babel Cover’ Collaborates with Maltese Insurer Atlas to Offer Bicycle Insurance

Apr 22 2020 // Babel Cover, a British insurtech start-up, is working with Maltese insurer Atlas and emerging technology firm Piprate to insure bicycles of competitive cyclists, triathletes and commuters of Malta.The intention of the...

Putting Autonomous Driving Back on the Road: Roundtable

Apr 22 2020 // The self-driving car was a dream deferred even before the Covid-19 outbreak brought the U.S. economy to a standstill. By early 2020, plans to launch robotaxi services had been pushed back or scaled down as excitement over...

Cowbell Cyber Adds Social Engineering Coverage, Opens Platform to Non-Insureds

Apr 20 2020 // Cowbell Cyber, a startup insurtech using artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyber insurance for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), has added social engineering coverage to its Cowbell Prime 100 cyber insurance...

Europe Needs Its Own Approach to Coronavirus Tracing, Say German Tech Startups

Apr 15 2020 // Europe should not cede its sovereignty to Silicon Valley when it comes to using technology to help trace those at risk of coronavirus infection, the German developers of a smartphone app said on Tuesday.Apple and Google...

Cyber Criminals Increasingly Will Target Top Executives in Ransomware Attacks: Report

Apr 14 2020 // Senior executives increasingly will be targeted by cyber criminals looking for ways to steal money from large corporations, according to a report from cyber analytics provider CyberCube.Organized criminals and hackers are...

Vitech Systems Group Forms Strategic Partnership with Innovation Underwriters

Apr 9 2020 // Vitech Systems Group has formed a strategic partnership with Innovation Underwriters (IU), a not-for-profit collaborative focused on promoting innovation within the insurance industry.Innovation Underwriters supports...

Lloyd’s Picks 12 Insurtech Startups for Next Cohort of Its Innovation Lab

Apr 9 2020 // Lloyd’s has selected 12 insurtech startups to participate in its innovation accelerator, Lloyd’s Lab.The 12 teams were chosen out of more than 190 applications, received from across the world, for the fourth...

California Will Let Startup Nuro Test Driverless Delivery Vehicles

Apr 8 2020 // California’s Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday authorized autonomous technology startup Nuro to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine cities, a decision that comes as coronavirus concerns lock down many...

Tech Issues Hampered Information on Tsunami Watch for Hawaii

Apr 6 2020 // Technical issues made it difficult to get information about a tsunami watch for Hawaii and its subsequent cancellation, the National Weather Service said.The brief tsunami watch was canceled in late March after a 7.5...

Why Artificial Intelligence Is Not the Answer for All Businesses

Apr 3 2020 // The temptation for businesses to use artificial intelligence and other technology to improve performance, drive down labor costs, and better the bottom line is understandable. But before they pursue automation that could...

Reavis Named Chief People Officer at Ohio Insurtech Root

Mar 30 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Root Inc., the parent company of online insurer Root Insurance, has appointed Annette Reavis as its first chief people officer.Reavis has more than 20 years of human resource and business experience....

Tech Issues Hampered Information on Tsunami Watch for Hawaii

Mar 27 2020 // Technical issues made it difficult to get information about a tsunami watch for Hawaii and its subsequent cancellation, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.The brief tsunami watch was canceled Tuesday after a 7.5...