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Legal Technology Firm TCDI Agrees to Acquire Aon’s eDiscovery Practice

Jun 10 2022 // TCDI, theGreensboro, N.C.-based provider of legal services, software and cyber security, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire insurance broker Aon’s eDiscovery practice.The acquisition will...

InsurTech EasySend strengthens in Japan by establishing a Japanese entity in order to accelerate digitization within the Japanese financial industry

Jun 9 2022 // No-code platform speeds up service delivery and significantly enhances customer experience for insurance, banking and other financial institutionsTokyo, June 09, 2022 – EasySend Ltd. (Headquarters: Israel, CEO &...

Insurtech MGA Loadsure Offers Smart Annual Cargo Insurance

Jun 7 2022 // InsurTech MGA Loadsure announced the launch of its new smart annual cargo product, Cargo Plus.The new offering is an annualized ocean cargo product that will deliver the financial convenience of a pay-as-you-go policy with...

LexisNexis Acquires Home Inspection Tech Firm Flyreel

Jun 3 2022 // LexisNexis Risk Solutions has acquired Flyreel, a Denver-based property technology firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to enable self-service property inspections.Flyreel says its technology...

Insurance Technology: Flood Data From Arturo and ICEYE; Weather Intelligence From Verisk; Home Valuations from CAPE Analytics

Jun 2 2022 // Arturo and ICEYE Offer Near Real-Time Flood, Property Damage InsightsProperty analytics firm Arturo and sensor data provider ICEYE hope to change what’s possible with insurance response to flood events. ICEYE’s...

Greenlight Re Invests in Insurtech That Provides Security Deposit Replacement Insurance

Jun 1 2022 // Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), a Cayman Islands-based subsidiary of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has announced an investment in Garentii GmbH, a security deposit replacement insurance MGA and platform in Germany.Garentii,...

Insurance Technology: Socotra Snaps Up Startup Portal; Marble Mobilizes Rewards App; RMS Unveils UnderwriteIQ; Vertafore Powers Tokio Marine Surety

May 26 2022 // Socotra Acquires Avolanta, Adding Unified Agent and Customer PortalInsurance carrier technology firm Socotra reports it has acquired Avolanta, a Columbia, South Carolina software startup offering a unified portal built for...

It Is Time for Insurers to Meet Needs of Tech Driven Businesses

May 25 2022 // To describe the past couple of years as tumultuous is something of an understatement. The global pandemic overlaid with hard market conditions in many insurance classes has kept many in our industry awake at night.The...

Insurance Technology: MGA Insight Risk Targets Water Damage; Beazley Starts Cyber Incident Response Rooms

May 24 2022 // Insight Risk Targets Builder’s Risk Water Damage LossesInsight Risk, a technology-focused Builder’s Risk managing general agent (MGA), announced it is launching an innovative model designed to reduce water...

R&Q’s Accredited Europe Signs 6-Year Program Management Deal with UK Insurtech

May 24 2022 // The program manager Accredited Insurance (Europe) Ltd., the wholly owned subsidiary of Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd., announced it has signed a six-year program management agreement with Policy Expert, a...

MS Amlin Partners With Insurtech Altelium to Offer Cover for Battery Energy Storage

May 24 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced a partnership with insurtech Altelium to offer a construction all-risk and operational all-risk insurance solution for battery energy storage...

Insurance Technology: Zurich’s FieldView Simplifies Crop Reporting; Kinetic Adds ‘Jump Detection’ to Wearables; Beat Capital to Launch MGAs Using OneShield

May 20 2022 // Zurich’s Climate FieldView Expands Precision Crop Information for RCISZurich North America crop insurance business – Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) – has added Climate FieldView to its list of...

Livestream Tech Firms Learn Hard Lessons from Violent Videos Tied to Mass Killings

May 20 2022 // These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket attack don’t stop with planning out their brutal attacks. They also create marketing plans while arranging to livestream their...

Global Broking Network Brokerslink Adds First Tech Firms as Members

May 19 2022 // Brokerslink has added six technology firms as members – the first non-broking or risk consulting firms to join the global network since its creation in 2004.These “B.tech affiliates” signal the...

Riding the Wave of InsurTech 3.0: What It Takes to Not Just Survive, But Thrive

May 11 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvAs the InsurTech industry approaches the next wave of innovation, experts say this could mean navigating rough waters. “I believe what you’re going to see is that you’re...

AGCO Ransomware Attack Disrupts Tractor Sales During U.S. Planting Season

May 9 2022 // U.S. agricultural equipment maker AGCO Corp. said on Friday a ransomware attack was affecting operations at some of its production facilities, and dealers said tractor sales had been stalled during the crucial planting...

Insurance Technology: InsuredMine Integrates With HawkSoft; Betterview Adds RedZone’s Wildfire Data; CyberCube to Create Cyber Tool for Majesco

May 4 2022 // InsuredMine and HawkSoft Integrate Agency Sales and ManagementInsurance agency sales automation software firm InsuredMine and agency management technology firm HawkSoft have released two-way API integration between their...

Insurtech Honeycomb to Write Property Policies in Texas

May 4 2022 // The Texas Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has given insurtech startup Honeycomb approval to write policies statewide. The digital insurer has built proprietary technology specifically for the estimated hundreds of...

White House to Boost Support for Quantum Technology While Boosting Cybersecurity

May 4 2022 // The White House on Wednesday will announce a slate of measures to support quantum technology in the United States while laying out steps to boost cybersecurity to defend against the next generation of supercomputers.The...

Insurtech Joyn Adds Business Coverages in Five Western States

May 4 2022 // Insurance technology company Joyn Insurance Services Inc. announced that it will offer coverage in an additional five states for effective dates beginning June 1.The company is adding property, general liability, and...