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Tyson Gets OK to Use Employees, Technology for Safety Inspections at Meat Plant

Oct 28 2020 // Tyson Foods said on Tuesday it plans in January to have company employees take on duties from more than a dozen federal inspectors at a large Kansas beef plant, after getting a U.S. government waiver.Tyson said the change...

Business Interruption Cyber Risks Demand More Insurer Attention as 5G Dawns

Oct 26 2020 // Business interruption cyber risks demand more attention from insurers as globalization continues to worsen their impact, a panel of experts argued recently.BI coverage has drawn heightened attention in recent months due to...

Big Tech Lobby Seeks EU Liability Cover to Tackle Hate Speech, Illegal Content

Oct 26 2020 // Big technology platforms are calling on the European Union to protect them from legal liabilities for removing hate speech and illegal content as government scrutiny over how platforms manage user posts grows worldwide.A...

Insurtech Vouch Insurance Expands Coverage to New York

Oct 21 2020 // Vouch Insurance, a business insurance platform for startups, has expanded its coverage into New York. The expansion is an effort to bring risk mitigation to local startups as they scale their technologies, according to a...

AmWINS, CRC and Heffernan Create Technology Alliance for Specialty Business

Oct 13 2020 // Wholesaler insurance brokers AmWINS and CRC, along with independent agency Heffernan Insurance Brokers, are the charter members of a new alliance to accelerate technology improvements in the brokerage, wholesale and...

InsurTech NY Announces Its 2020 Accelerator Cohort

Oct 13 2020 // InsurTech NY, an InsurTech community in the New York metro area, has announced its growth-stage InsurTech accelerator cohort.The 22 startups were selected to participate in its insurance carrier and broker sponsored...

With Tech Tools Galore, It’s an Exciting Time for Insurtech McKenzie Intelligence

Oct 13 2020 // Advanced technological tools are making it an exciting time to be an insurtech – and an exciting time for those insurers and reinsurers that want to more accurately assess the risks on their books, according to Forbes...

Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces Senior Leadership Changes

Oct 9 2020 // Erie Insurance, based in Erie, Penn., has announced a series of senior leadership changes within the Claims, Sales & Products and Information Technology divisions.The organizational changes are in conjunction with the...

Florida Homeowners Insurtech TypTap Goes National; Plans Roll-Out in 20 States

Oct 8 2020 // After launching in Florida as a flood insurer in 2016 and expanding into the homeowners market in 2018, TypTap Insurance Co. has officially started the process of becoming a nationwide company.The technology-driven insurer...

How Coronavirus Is Changing Claims, Risks, Work, Habits, Supply Chains and More

Oct 7 2020 // The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic as an economic loss events is unprecedented for companies and insurers alike and claims trends and risk exposures are likely to evolve in both the mid- and long-term as a result of...

House Antitrust Panel Blasts Big 4 Internet Firms for Abuses; Seeks Reforms, Separations

Oct 7 2020 // A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to smite rivals, charged exorbitant fees and forced small...

Bold Penguin Acquires RiskGenius in Commercial Insurance Technology Deal

Oct 6 2020 // Insurance technology firm Bold Penguin has acquired RiskGenius in a deal that the two commercial lines insurtechs said will help grow their reach more than they have been able to thus far on their own, Carrier Management...

Personal Lines Insurtech Root Files IPO Proposal with SEC

Oct 6 2020 // Root, Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance Co., has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.The number of shares to be...

Pandemic Economic Uncertainty Could See Insurers Buying, Partnering with Insurtechs

Oct 5 2020 // Insurance carriers could increasingly target insurtechs for acquisition and partnerships in the coming months due to pandemic-related economic uncertainty, according to a report.“As insurers move toward late 2020 and...

Tech-First Agency Tackles the ‘Difficult Things’

Oct 5 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...

UK Insurtech Zego Partners with 2 Independent Broker Networks to Expand Fleet Offering

Oct 2 2020 // London-based insurtech Zego has partnered with two of the UK’s biggest networks of independent brokers that sit within Bravo Group.Zego will benefit from access to a community of over 700 brokers, more than 60% of...

COVID-Sniffing Robots Promise Fast Testing Alternative

Oct 2 2020 // A biotechnology startup called Koniku is trying to develop robots that could sniff out Covid-19 infections faster than conventional testing.The technology fuses neurons with a silicon chip to create a “smell...

Sirius Restructures Management of Global Business Technology Team

Oct 1 2020 // Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. announced that it has enhanced its Global Business Technology (GBT) team through the restructuring of its global management structure.This expansion will enable the firm to advance...

CaseGlide of Florida Adds Russ Smith as Chief Technology Officer

Sep 30 2020 // CaseGlide, LLC, a provider of claims litigation management software for claims organizations, has added Russ Smith as chief technology officer (CTO).A software industry veteran of more than two decades, Smith comes to St....

Lloyd’s Launches Biz Interruption Insurance Policy for SMEs, Led by Tokio Marine Kiln

Sep 30 2020 // Lloyd’s has launched a new “first-of-its-kind” business interruption policy for small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), specifically designed to protect them against IT disruption or...