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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...

People Moves: Zurich Hires Sullivan From CNA for US Middle Market Head of Tech; IMA Hires Crochet as National Energy Practice Leader

Apr 16 2025 // Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumberg, Illinois, hired Jeannie Sullivan as head of technology for its U.S. middle market team. She will report to Stan Bernard, head of industry practices for U.S. middle market...

Markets/Coverages: Cyber MGA Resilience Launches Tech E&O Cover in UK and EU

Apr 11 2025 // Resilience, the specialist in cyber risk solutions, announced the introduction of coverage for technology errors and omissions (tech E&O) in the UK and Europe, supported through a new partnership with Accredited...

Claims Service, Tech, Communication Top Independent Agent Concerns

Apr 7 2025 // Claims, communication, and technology are the top three concerns for independent agents when placing new business with a carrier, according to insurtech Vertafore.The findings were the result of a survey of nearly 1,300...

Risk Digitization Top Tech Priority for US Insurers

Apr 4 2025 // Risk digitization was cited as the primary technology priority for revenue growth in a recent study from insurtech Cytora.Cytora surveyed 200 senior leaders from global insurance firms and found that 76% of respondents saw...

People Moves: The Hartford Expands Roles of Tech Leadership; Everest Appoints Fobert to Lead US Retail Casualty

Apr 1 2025 // The Hartford of Hartford, Connecticut said Shekar Pannala was named the company’s chief information officer and leads technology, as well as cybersecurity, infrastructure and cloud modernization.Prior to joining The...

Your Guide to Successfully Adopting an All-In-One Agency Management System

Mar 25 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx.Are you juggling multiple systems to manage client data, policies, and communications? Maybe your business is stuck with outdated legacy systems or you’re relying on...