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Top Biden Tech Advisor Is Critic of Internet Firms; Helped Craft California Privacy Law

Nov 25 2020 // President-elect Joe Biden’s top technology adviser helped craft California’s landmark online privacy law and recently condemned a controversial federal statute that protects internet companies from liability,...

Zywave Acquires Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC)

Nov 24 2020 // Insurance technology provider Zywave announced the acquisition of Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a leading provider of marketing, rating and management software and services to the insurance industry.Zywave said...

Howden Buys Cyber and Tech Specialist Broker Safeonline

Nov 23 2020 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Safeonline, a London-based cyber and tech specialist broker and Lloyd’s coverholder.The acquisition underlines the...

Ping An’s Goal to Pivot from Finance Group to Tech Giant Is Now Threatened

Nov 23 2020 // The headwinds that toppled Ant Group Co.’s initial public offering now threaten a $22 billion dream of China’s Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. — to pivot from a finance group to a tech giant and be valued...

Best Agency to Work For Overall: RightSure Insurance Group

Nov 23 2020 // From standup comedy and acting gigs to selling insurance – not the typical career path for the everyday independent agency owner but that is how Jeff Arnold, founder of RightSure Insurance Group, this year’s...

Health Officials Hope New Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps Attract More Users

Nov 20 2020 // A new wave of mobile apps that help track exposure to the coronavirus is coming to U.S. states ahead of the holidays as public health officials bet that recently introduced features from Apple Inc. and Alphabet...

Insurtech Blink Launches Non-Damage Business Interruption Parametric Solution

Nov 20 2020 // Irish insurtech Blink has launched a hurricane non-damage parametric insurance solution which provides liquidity to small and medium-sized businesses in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster.Called “Blink...

Transportation Chief, Car Makers Say FCC’s Wi-Fi Ruling Undermines Auto Safety

Nov 19 2020 // The U.S. communications regulator on Wednesday approved a plan to allow a growing number of wireless devices to use part of a spectrum previously set aside for automakers to develop methods for vehicles to communicate with...

The Insuring Cyber Podcast Episode 2: Forget the Stars, Insurers are Shooting for the Cloud

Nov 18 2020 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvRecent research shows that more insurers are taking advantage of Cloud technology for data storage and managing business functions. According to a 2018 report from Novarica called Cloud...

Alera Group Names Parker as VP of Employee Benefits Technology & Services

Nov 16 2020 // Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based insurance and financial services firm, has named Brian Parker as vice president of Employee Benefits Technology & Services, effective November 1, 2020. He will be based out of...

How Independent Agencies Can Set Themselves Apart

Nov 16 2020 // For independent agents, building a community-based brand has always been a smart way to set themselves apart from their exclusive counterparts. Now, as the next wave of COVID-19 hits the U.S. economy, it’s more...

Home, Pet Insurer Lemonade Bypasses Auto in Favor of Life… for Now

Nov 13 2020 // Lemonade plans to start selling term life insurance in the next 90 days, adding to its current rental, homeowners and pet insurance offerings, the company said in an earnings report this week.During an investor conference...

Insurance Tech Firm Insurity Acquires Personal Lines Management Suite CodeObjects

Nov 12 2020 // Insurance systems and data analytics provider Insurity reported that it has completed the acquisition of California-based CodeObjects, which offers a management program for personal lines.The deal expands Hartford-based...

AXIS Insurance Hires 6 Underwriters for Cyber and Technology Team

Nov 5 2020 // AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of three lead underwriters and three senior underwriters within its U.S. Cyber and Technology team.The three lead...

Analysts, Investors React to China’s Suspension of Ant Group’s Mega IPO

Nov 3 2020 // China suspended Ant Group’s $37 billion stock market listing on Tuesday, thwarting the world’s largest IPO with just days to go, in a dramatic move that left investors and bankers scrambling for...

Insurers Powered by New Tech Ready to Assist Policyholders

Nov 2 2020 // This hurricane season has already broken several records, and it is not over yet.So far, 2020 has produced 23 named storms, including two using the Greek alphabet for only the second time in history. Nine named storms have...

Republicans Eye ‘Jackhammer’ to Reform Tech Liability While Democrats Grab ‘Scalpel’

Oct 30 2020 // Big Tech’s decisions to block some posts and videos while letting other content viewed as inflammatory proliferate have drawn the ire of Republicans and Democrats alike, raising the prospect that a 24-year-old U.S....

Why It’s a Good Time for Insurtechs to Be Thinking About Mergers

Oct 30 2020 // The drumbeat for insurtechs to pursue a merger, acquisition or partnership is getting louder, with the number likely to substantially grow in the months ahead, an insurance industry expert believes.“InsurTech is...

Q3 Insurtech Fundraising Breaks Records, but Some Mid-Tier Firms See Funding Gap

Oct 28 2020 // Insurtech funding saw the largest number of deals and the highest amount of funding since data recording into insurtech began, with $2.5 billion raised by insurtech firms across 104 deals during the third quarter,...

Twitter, Facebook, Alphabet Executives to Defend Liability Shield Before Senate

Oct 28 2020 // The chief executives of Twitter Inc., Facebook and Alphabet Inc. will tell U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday that a federal law protecting internet companies is crucial to free expression on the internet, according...