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People Moves: World Insurance Associates Names Youshock Head of Personal Lines; Belair Appointed President of Technology at Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions

May 21 2025 // World Insurance Associates Names Youshock Head of Personal LinesWorld Insurance Associates LLC, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, named Michelle Youshock head of personal lines, replacing Jim Hickey, who is taking over...

Thoma Bravo’s Nearmap to Buy Insurance Tech Firm Itel for Over $1.3B

May 21 2025 // Thoma Bravo-backed Nearmap has agreed to buy insurance technology provider itel from private equity firm GTCR, the companies said on Tuesday, as it looks to expand its offerings across property portfolios.The deal values...

Could Your Tech Stack Use a Spring Cleaning? How to Reduce Insurance IT Complexity with APIs

May 20 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Today’s insurance agencies rely on an average of 5.7 to 11.9 different technology platforms for day-to-day operations, depending on their total revenue. For...

LA County Wildfire Alert Mistakenly Sent to Millions Due to Tech Glitch

May 15 2025 // A technological glitch caused an emergency alert to be mistakenly sent to millions of Los Angeles County residents in January rather than only those in the proximity of a wildfire, according to a congressional report.The...

Business Moves: Insurtech wefox to Sell Italian Businesses to PE Firm J.C. Flowers

May 14 2025 // German Insurtech wefox has agreed to sell its Italian businesses, wefox MGA S.r.l. and wefox Services Italy S.r.l., to U.S. private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed....

London Workers Hit by Travel Disruption After Power Outage

May 12 2025 // London commuters face significant disruption to their journeys after a power failure knocked out parts of the capital’s underground network.Trains are delayed or not running on all or some sections of the Bakerloo,...

Carrier Management announces agenda and speakers for its 2025 InsurTech Summit

May 12 2025 // San Diego, CA. May 12, 2025 — Today, Carrier Management announced the agenda and speakers for The InsurTech Summit 2025. The event is designed for: carrier executives, entrepreneurs and investors, insurance...

US Seeks Forced Sale of Google Ad Technology Products

May 7 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google should be forced to sell off two of its businesses that help websites buy, sell and serve online advertising after a judge found the company illegally monopolized those markets, the Justice...

DoorDash Is Latest Tech Firm to Commit Millions to New York City Elections

May 6 2025 // DoorDash Inc. is committing $5 million to back political candidates in New York City and state-level races in New Jersey this year, becoming the latest technology company to disclose its lobbying efforts ahead of local...

Business Moves: Earnix Agrees to Acquire Insurtech and AI Specialist Zelros

May 6 2025 // Earnix, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zelros, the Paris-based insurtech and developer of artificial intelligence solutions.Financial details of the...

New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting

May 5 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage.That guidance came in response to a...

Britain’s M&S Enters 2nd Week of Sales Disruption After Cyberattack

May 2 2025 // Britain’s Marks & Spencer entered a second week unable to take online clothing and home orders on Friday following a major cyberattack, hitting sales of new season ranges as the country basks in record...

Tech Update: WTW Launches AI Monitoring Tool ‘Radar Vision’ for Insurers; Tariff Simulator Added to Marsh McLennan’s Sentrisk

Apr 30 2025 // WTW has announced the North American launch of Radar Vision, an AI-driven performance monitoring tool custom-built for insurers.The global insurance industry has been turbulent for a few years, with significant inflation...

Apple, Meta Fined as EU Presses Ahead With Tech Probes

Apr 24 2025 // Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big...

Tech Update: Lloyd’s Backs BreachBits; ZoJacks Prevents Water Claims; Eagleview Expands Drone Options

Apr 24 2025 // Washington, D.C.-based BreachBits has received an investment of an undisclosed amount from Lloyd’s in what is the London-based global insurance marketplace’s third strategic innovation investment from among...

Texas-Based Insurtech Steadily Secures $30M Series C Round

Apr 23 2025 // Steadily, a provider of landlord insurance in the U.S., announced $30 million in Series C funding led by Two Sigma Ventures at a $355 million valuation.Steadily serves 18 million individual rental property owners who...

People Moves: Xceedance Names Sankaran Global COO; Naquin Joins ReSource Pro as GM, Tech Services

Apr 22 2025 // Xceedance Appoints Sankaran as Global Chief Operating OfficerXceedance, headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts, named Subramanian (Subbu) Sankaran to the new role of global chief operating officer. Sankaran has over 30...

3 Emerging Risks to Watch: 6G Wireless Technology, Autonomous Trucks, Kratom

Apr 21 2025 // It seemed not so long ago that many wireless carriers were in a race to 5G, touting the speed of their networks to consumers. Now, the successor to that network is in development and could bring a bounty of potential...

New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting

Apr 18 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage.That guidance came in response to a...

Insurtech 1Fort Raises $7.5M to Support AI Binding Tech for Brokers

Apr 17 2025 // 1Fort, the AI platform for business insurance, announced it raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures.The round also included Draper Associates (Tim Draper); Karim Atiyeh, the founder...