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Cyber Seller Coalition Counters Insurtech Funding Dip, Raises $90 Million for Expansion

May 21 2020 // Coalition, an insurtech managing general agency focused on cyber insurance and security, disclosed it raised $90 million in new venture financing earlier this year to fuel development of new products and a global...

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Proving Not Much of a Help Thus Far

May 21 2020 // Harnessing today’s technology to fight the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be more complicated than it first appeared.The first U.S. states that rolled out smartphone apps for tracing the contacts of COVID-19...

Navigating today’s uncertain insurance climate using Automation. How one company is helping Texas Agents figure it all out!

May 20 2020 // West Palm Beach, FL, May 20, 2020 – Challenging times call for new strategies; these days the keystone for professional success lies with innovation! One tech company based out of South Florida blazes a trail for...

Aon Promotes Petrevski to Data, Analytic Services Leader

May 19 2020 // Global insurance broker Aon has promoted Steve Petrevski as senior vice president and general manager of Data & Analytic Services.Petrevski will be responsible for developing and executing Aon’s data and analytic...

Insurtechs Will Not Shape the Industry’s Future Alone

May 18 2020 // Insurtech was once the Wild West of the insurance industry. Many of Insurtech’s early players came from outside insurance after observing the industry struggle to deliver what was, in their view, a competitive...

Generali and Insurtech Descartes Underwriting to Develop Parametric Insurance Cover

May 15 2020 // Generali’s P&C unit Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) and insurtech company Descartes Underwriting have formed a strategic partnership to develop parametric products designed to help close the growing...

Insurtech Zego Expands Partnership with RSA to Provide Cover for UK Van Fleets

May 14 2020 // London-based insurtech Zego has expanded its partnership with RSA Insurance to provide flexible cover for van fleets.Zego is offering usage-based policies to delivery, courier or trade van fleets of 20-200 vehicles in the...

Q1 Insurtech Fundraising Drops 54% on COVID-19 Disruption: Willis Towers Watson

May 8 2020 // Overall funding for insurtech investments decreased by 54% during the first quarter as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, compared to a record high in Q1 last year, according to a report from Willis Towers...

Senators Seek to Address Privacy Concerns Over Tech Firms’ Covid-19 Contact Tracing

May 4 2020 // A group of Republican U.S. senators said Thursday they would introduce legislation to address consumer privacy concerns surrounding technology companies’ efforts to help build contact tracing apps to fight the new...

AI Specialist omni:us Partners with Insurtech Rokk3r to Enter Latin American Market

May 4 2020 // omni:us, the insurance-focused artificial intelligence (AI) solution business, has announced a partnership with Rokk3r, a global innovation technology and consulting company, to enable the AI company to enter the Latin...

Insurtech Branch Now Offering Auto, Homeowners Insurance in Texas

May 1 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech, Branch, has opened operations in Texas, the company’s fifth statewide expansion since launching in Ohio in August 2019.Branch says it is shaking up the insurance industry providing a...

Insurtech Demo Day 2020

Apr 29 2020 // Just a week shy of our Virtual Insurtech Summit, to air Wednesday, May 6th, I attended the virtual Demo Day of the Hartford Insurtech Hub on Tuesday, April 28th. As the host for our upcoming Summit, I’ve spent time...

Employers Hope to Limit Liability by Catching Social Distancing Scofflaws on Video

Apr 28 2020 // Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras with artificial intelligence software that can track compliance with health guidelines including social...

Three More Lawsuits Filed Against Virginia Tech in Hazing Case

Apr 27 2020 // Three Virginia Tech students are suing the university in federal court over how it handled allegations that they were involved in hazing.The lawsuits were filed last week by former Corps of Cadets members who say they were...

China’s Ping An Reports Q1 Profit Drop of 42.7% on Coronavirus Business Disruption

Apr 23 2020 // Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd, on Thursday reported a 42.7% drop in first-quarter profit, its biggest fall in quarterly profits in more than eight years, as the coronavirus outbreak disrupted its...

Insurtech ‘Babel Cover’ Collaborates with Maltese Insurer Atlas to Offer Bicycle Insurance

Apr 22 2020 // Babel Cover, a British insurtech start-up, is working with Maltese insurer Atlas and emerging technology firm Piprate to insure bicycles of competitive cyclists, triathletes and commuters of Malta.The intention of the...

Pandemic Crisis Story: Moving 1000-Plus Employees in 7 Countries in Just 2 Weeks

Apr 20 2020 // Amit Tiwari, chief operating officer at Xceedance, the Boston-based insurance consulting, managed services, and insurtech company, explains the challenges of enabling business continuity plans in the face of a global...

New E-Book, Online Guide Aims to Help Insurance Agencies Deal with Disruptions

Apr 20 2020 // A new e-book and online resource guide created by a trio of insurance agency executives, including Tony Caldwell, CEO of the Oklahoma-based agency network One Agents Alliance, aims to provide independent insurance agents...

Europe Needs Its Own Approach to Coronavirus Tracing, Say German Tech Startups

Apr 15 2020 // Europe should not cede its sovereignty to Silicon Valley when it comes to using technology to help trace those at risk of coronavirus infection, the German developers of a smartphone app said on Tuesday.Apple and Google...

Lloyd’s Picks 12 Insurtech Startups for Next Cohort of Its Innovation Lab

Apr 9 2020 // Lloyd’s has selected 12 insurtech startups to participate in its innovation accelerator, Lloyd’s Lab.The 12 teams were chosen out of more than 190 applications, received from across the world, for the fourth...