All the headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2018 // Reinsurance broker JLT Re North America is partnering with Pact Insurance, a personal auto insurtech company, to develop digital insurance products for mobility risks.Pact is a managing general agency headquartered in San...
Dec 14 2018 // The Connecticut Insurance Department is one of nine state insurance regulators participating in a pilot program to test a web-based platform that uses machine learning.The pilot states are partnering with RiskGenius, a...
Dec 14 2018 // Flying cars, long a staple of science fiction, may be landing in the real world sooner than you think.Sleek vehicles floating above their more chaotic, terrestrial siblings are common trope in stories of a more...
Dec 13 2018 // Revolut, the London-based financial technology startup, has obtained a European banking license as Brexit looms, with plans to launch checking and savings accounts as well as retail and business lending.The Bank of...
Dec 6 2018 // Cincinnati Financial Corp.’s property casualty subsidiary, Cincinnati Insurance Co., will open an innovation center within the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub in early 2019, the company said.UC...
Dec 6 2018 // Planck Resolution, AI-based data platform for commercial insurance, has hired Leandro DalleMule as general manager, North America.Prior to joining Planck Resolution, DalleMule was the chief data officer (CDO) and head of...
Dec 6 2018 // EU lawmakers agreed on Thursday to take a tougher stance against tech giants such as Google , Amazon and Apple in new legislation aimed at curbing unfair business practices.A European Parliament committee voted in favor of...
Dec 6 2018 // Scooter-sharing company Lime recently relayed a troubling message to its users: a portion of its fleet was at risk of bursting into flames.The startup recalled about 2,000 vehicles, less than one percent of its scooters,...
Dec 5 2018 // JenCap Holdings LLC (JCH), a specialty insurance business, will acquire privately-held Risk Innovations LLC, a specialty wholesale insurance broker based in Atlanta, Georgia. Financial terms were not disclosed.Risk...
Dec 4 2018 // CoverWallet, a technology company that has been on a mission to “reinvent insurance for small business” customers, is now offering its platform for insurance agencies, the company revealed today.With 16...
Dec 3 2018 // Ping An-backed Lufax has raised $1.33 billion in its latest funding round from a dozen investors, at a valuation below expectations of the financial technology company, people with direct knowledge of the matter told...
Dec 3 2018 // Artificial intelligence is helping improve safety along a stretch of Las Vegas’ busiest highway.The Nevada Highway Patrol says a yearlong partnership between public safety agencies and a startup technology firm...
Dec 3 2018 // Fires across North America in 2018 have continued the pattern of extreme destruction established by significant insured loss events in both Northern and Southern California last year and the 2016 disasters in Alberta and...
Nov 30 2018 // As Boeing Co. was developing its latest version of the 737 airliner, it discovered the design was slightly more prone to a loss of control. So the company added a computer-driven safety feature — one that is now a...
Nov 30 2018 // Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, has unveiled the 2019 cohort of startups for its acceleration program. The chosen startups cover a range of abilities, from property insurance claims to peer-to-peer...
Nov 29 2018 // A new insurtech wants to provide pay-as-you-go workers’ compensation to as many small businesses in California as possible, and it hopes to use the momentum it’s built following a quiet launch in the East...
Nov 29 2018 // Remember the scene in the 1989 movie When Harry Met Sally? During lunch with Harry at a deli, Sally very publicly fakes a wild orgasm. A nearby patron, when asked what she’d like to order, signals in Sally’s...
Nov 28 2018 // International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty joined a growing chorus of tech executives lambasting web platforms, like Google and Facebook Inc., over their collection of user data and urged...
Nov 27 2018 // Corvus Insurance has secured $10 million in new venture financing that the Boston-based insurtech managing general agency plans to use to jump into additional lines of commercial insurance.Two firms led the startup’s...
Nov 27 2018 // San Diego, CA, November 27, 2018 –Celebrating 30 years in claims management, American Claims Management (ACMclaims.com) has launched several InsurTech projects in 2018, with more to come in 2019.“In our quest to...