All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 29 2020 // Industry transformations occur when the pain of staying the same is suddenly greater than the pain of changing, according to Karen White, CEO of RMS.“The second thing that has got to be present for those...
Jan 28 2020 // Apple Inc.’s China-centric manufacturing base is at risk of disruption after the Lunar New Year holiday as the company’s partners confront the coronavirus outbreak that has gripped the country and caused more...
Jan 27 2020 // Everyone has seen the warning. At the bottom of the email, it says: “Please consider the environment before printing.” But for those who care about global warming, you might want to consider not writing so many...
Jan 27 2020 // Agencies and carriers need to align now more than ever.I will add a condition to this statement: Quality independent agencies and quality carriers need to align now more than ever if they are to thrive. Unfortunately, I...
Jan 23 2020 // CFC, the specialist managing general agent, announced it has acquired the London-based insurtech firm, ThreatInformer.Leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and machine learning, ThreatInformer’s data...
Jan 22 2020 // CyberCube, an insurtech focused on cyber risk analytics, is calling on the insurance industry to set global cyber-security standards as the world digitizes.“Internet-connected technologies is a prime opportunity for...
Jan 22 2020 // IBM called for rules aimed at eliminating bias in artificial intelligence to ease concerns that the technology relies on data that bakes in past discriminatory practices and could harm women, minorities, the disabled,...
Jan 21 2020 // In one of the more modern meeting rooms at the over two centuries old State Capitol, 22 lawmakers gather on Mondays to confront the increasing cybersecurity threats looming over Virginia residents.This session the House...
Jan 17 2020 // Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a Ponte Vedra Beach Florida based MGU and program administrator, acquired the assets of Cybercom International Corp. on Jan. 2, 2020.Cybercom International Corporation, Inc. (CIC) was...
Jan 16 2020 // Sholonda Stone has joined the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) as director of Information & Technology Services (ITS).Stone previously served as systems administrator for SLTX from 2013-2017. Since then,...
Jan 16 2020 // Insurtech startup battleface Inc., a UK firm that provides travel insurance products for unconventional travelers worldwide, announced it has successfully closed its seed financing round with backing from leading strategic...
Jan 15 2020 // There’s a storm brewing for many captive insurance agencies and their agents, and that storm may be lengthy.As an example, Nationwide is one of a number of captive insurance companies actively converting their...
Jan 15 2020 // Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, January 15, 2020 – Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (Coastal), a Ponte Vedra Beach Florida based MGU and program administrator, announced the acquisition of Cybercom International...
Jan 13 2020 // The insurance industry is so intertwined into the economy and society, that just about any noticeable change in either will have some impact for the insurance industry.That is why it is imperative for agency owners to...
Jan 13 2020 // Consumers are embracing digital purchasing habits, and that is creating new challenges for independent insurance agencies. At first these were only seen on the personal lines side of the business — in the forms of...
Jan 9 2020 // Technology companies transformed smartphones and televisions into continuous fountains of revenue. Now, big tech wants to work with automakers to do the same thing for your car.With the widespread rollout of autonomous...
Jan 8 2020 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has hired Tara Mitchell as a director.Mitchell will lead IIAT’s technology initiatives to innovate and streamline business practices and bring greater value to IIAT...
Jan 8 2020 // The White House on Tuesday proposed regulatory principles to govern the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at limiting authorities’ “overreach,” and said it wants European officials...
Jan 7 2020 // InsurTechNY, an InsurTech community in the New York metro area spanning carriers, brokers, startups and investors, has opened the application window for the 2020 InsurTech Startup Competition.The competition has two tracks...
Jan 2 2020 // Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance exchange technology platform launched in 2016, announced it has acquired xagent, an independent, single-entry, multi-quote platform for standard and surplus lines business insurance...