All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 21 2019 // To say the agency technology space is robust is an understatement.Right now, the industry is seeing an “onslaught of technology available to enable agents and brokers to better manage, not only their business, but...
Jun 21 2019 // Severe storms containing heavy rains and strong winds have spurred flooding in the suburbs of Philadelphia, disrupting travel and damaging some property. The storms started Wednesday night and continued for several hours...
Jun 20 2019 // CNA has launched a new technology platform – CNA ComPass – that will allow the insurer and its network partners the ability to write and manage local admitted placements around the world in real-time.CNA’s...
Jun 20 2019 // Technology platforms such as Facebook Inc. and Google’s YouTube could face a flood of lawsuits unless they can demonstrate their treatment of users’ content is politically neutral, under a measure that U.S....
Jun 18 2019 // Hub International Limited, has acquired the assets of CBIS, LLC, d/b/a “In-Fi” (In-Fi). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 2016 by co-founder Jon Chasteen, In-Fi developed a distribution...
Jun 17 2019 // ACORD, the global standards body for the insurance industry, has announced that Riskbook was the winner of the London semi-final round of the ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge (AIIC), with RITA and Optimiz.Claims named...
Jun 17 2019 // Insurtech advances will soon drive down unacceptably high expense ratios in the inland marine sector, making it possible to insure even difficult-to-place, small or one-off inland marine risks at the best possible...
Jun 17 2019 // The digital transformation of the insurance industry isn’t just for insurtech startups any more.At Allstate, 60 percent of claims are now filed with a cell phone application that allows policyholders to take photos...
Jun 11 2019 // A managing general agent in Germany that relies on artificial intelligence for its customer platform has raised $17 million in first-round financing. Getsafe’s new money will help propel an expansion into Great...
Jun 10 2019 // San Diego, CA, June 10, 2019 – Today Carrier Management premiers a brand-new newsletter called InsurTech Today. This inbox resource is written for those who value a quick take on the most important InsurTech...
Jun 6 2019 // Amazon.com Inc. has unveiled a revolutionary new drone — part helicopter and part science-fiction aircraft — that the company expects to use for test deliveries of toothpaste and other household goods starting...
Jun 6 2019 // Personal lines insurer National General Holdings Corp. (NGHC) will begin offering private flood insurance in Florida later this summer after its acquisition of Syndeste LLC, an insurance technology company.National General...
Jun 4 2019 // Insurtech company Avinew has acquired Sunnyvalye, Calif.-based Betterdrive.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ravindhran Sankar, CEO and founder, will be named director of research and development. Avinew will integrate...
Jun 4 2019 // Large shipping losses declined by more than 50% in 2018 from the previous year – their lowest level this century, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review...
May 29 2019 // Global tax software provider Sovos is acquiring Iowa-based Eagle Technology Management (ETM), which provides statutory financial reporting and insurance premium tax software to insurers, and unclaimed property reporting...
May 28 2019 // ICW Group Insurance Cos. has named Todd Hartline vice president of information technology. Hartline, who will lead the company’s IT function, will be based in the ICW Group corporate headquarters in San Diego and...
May 28 2019 // Alibaba is considering raising as much as $20 billion through a listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, lining up a second blockbuster deal following its 2014 record $25 billion float in New...
May 24 2019 // State Auto Labs, the innovation arm of the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., says in the 18 months after launching its $25 million corporate venture fund to support entrepreneurs and innovations in the insurance...
May 21 2019 // Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. employed about 1.4 million people to peddle policies last year. Yet it’s Jack Ma’s newest online disruptor that is stealing the show — with 50 workers and visions of serving...
May 20 2019 // The billionaire technology investor and philanthropist who has promised to assume the $40 million student debt of the entire graduating class at Morehouse College has ties to the insurance industry.Robert F. Smith, who...