All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 9 2021 // Sean Bourgeois, the chief executive officer of Tremor, often hears people say that his company’s reinsurance price optimization technology works best in a soft market, when there’s a lot of competition and...
Nov 8 2021 // Chaucer, the London-based specialty re/insurance group, and parametric insurtech startup, Yokahu, are launching a new microinsurance product, which will provide cover for hurricane events in the Caribbean.This new...
Nov 8 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.The insurance industry has been around for thousands of years. But that’s no reason your agency should still be operating like it’s 1916! One of the greatest...
Nov 4 2021 // Insurtech startup owl.co Labs Inc. raised $30 million in new venture capital. Many plans are in play to spend the cash infusion, including hiring, and accelerated growth plans for the company’s machine...
Nov 3 2021 // Home, renters and pet insurer Lemonade is deploying its artificial intelligence, behavioral economics and social good mantra with its newest product, Lemonade Car.Lemonade Car is designed to offer better auto insurance...
Nov 3 2021 // Orion 180, a homeowners’ insurtech company, has expanded into Georgia and will soon move into South Carolina, the company said this week. Orion, based in Melbourne, Florida, uses technology to allow homeowners to...
Nov 2 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments in at insurer Chaucer (in the UK), the broker NFP (in Quebec) and the insurtech BOXX (in Switzerland).A summary of these new hires follows here Chaucer...
Nov 2 2021 // Russian tech giant Yandex plans to reward responsible drivers on its car-sharing platform with cheaper insurance this year, it told Reuters, using machine learning in a pilot program similar to one already adopted by...
Nov 2 2021 // Break up Big Tech? How about shrinking the tech companies’ shield against liability in cases where the content they push to users causes harm? Or creating a new regulator to strictly oversee the industry?Those ideas...
Nov 1 2021 // Ripe Thinking Ltd., a UK-based digital underwriting and insurance distribution platform, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement for Aquiline Capital Partners LLC to acquire a majority stake...
Oct 29 2021 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based insurtech company Coterie Insurance, which specializes in commercial insurance, has completed a $50 million series Series B financing round, totaling $75 million raised since its founding in...
Oct 27 2021 // Conflicts over water are as old as history itself, but the massive Google data centers on the edge of this Oregon town on the Columbia River represent an emerging 21st century concern.Now a critical part of modern...
Oct 27 2021 // While global investment in insurtechs continues to rise, not all insurtechs are benefitting. Rather, much of the funding is focused on a relatively few startups.For example, in the second quarter, more than two-thirds of...
Oct 22 2021 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of the Guy Carpenter Insurtech Center of Excellence (COE) to provide comprehensive services to global re/insurance...
Oct 22 2021 // Guidewire Guides Insurers to InsurtechsGuidewire Software has launched a program designed to connect its property/casualty insurance industry customers to up-and-coming insurtechs. Dubbed, Insurtech Vanguards, the program...
Oct 21 2021 // Anderson, Catalyit Offer Technology Resource for AgentsHeaded by agency technology consultant Steve Anderson, Catalyit has assembled a team of insurance industry tech experts to launch a new technology resource for...
Oct 21 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.The U.S. insurance industry is heavily regulated. That’s no shock to anyone working in the industry. Everything from producer licensing to commission payouts comes...
Oct 20 2021 // Embedded insurance has made substantial gains in 2021, but the technology faces regulatory and other roadblocks that could postpone its full potential, a panel of experts and industry insiders said during InsureTech...
Oct 18 2021 // Many startups in the insurance world have long promised to transform every aspect of the industry they touch. Speaking recently before an audience of insurtech entrepreneurs, Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg was having none of...
Oct 18 2021 // Your agency may have a treasure trove of untapped potential with your unused insurance software. The good news is you can unlock that potential for more value for free, it just takes spending some time to remember why your...