All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 31 2019 // Fueled by efficiencies introduced by insurtechs and underwriters’ interest in niche classes, the insurance program business has experienced impressive growth the last few years.But heavy interest is also forcing...
Dec 30 2019 // Liability insurance as we know it no longer suits a large fraction of today’s and tomorrow’s small-business owners. Brokers and insurers are at a crossroads on how to serve small businesses’ changing...
Dec 30 2019 // A New York University cardiologist claims Apple Inc.’s Watch uses his patented heartbeat-monitoring invention and he wants compensation.Dr. Joseph Wiesel, who teaches at NYU School of Medicine, filed a suit Friday...
Dec 23 2019 // Long gone are the days of the leather shell and single-bar face mask.Today’s football helmets are technological marvels, using cutting edge materials and design elements to make the headgear the safest it’s...
Dec 19 2019 // Florida-based insurtech, Neptune Flood Incorporated has hired Jean-Luc Eckstein has been hired as executive director.Eckstein joins Neptune Flood from Fortune 500 technology provider, CDW, where he sold software and...
Dec 17 2019 // Zurich and insurtech managing general underwriter Vindati have launched a new stand-alone Motor Truck Cargo (MTC) program now available to for hire common and contract truckers. Written through an exclusive agreement...
Dec 16 2019 // Leading insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire digital insurance technology startup Indio Technologies.The move will enable Applied Systems to offer Indio’s digitized commercial insurance...
Dec 16 2019 // 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 that are actively converting...
Dec 15 2019 // Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems’ seven-year battle against Facebook reaches a crucial point on Dec. 17 when an adviser to Europe’s top court will issue his view on whether tools used by companies to...
Dec 13 2019 // The U.S. telecommunications regulator voted on Thursday to advance a plan to split a key spectrum block set aside for auto safety to accommodate the burgeoning number of wireless devices, but the Transportation Secretary...
Dec 12 2019 // Canadian farmers — grappling with with lower crop income, adverse weather and a trade dispute with China — are using precision-agriculture technology aimed at reducing lending and insurance costs.Collecting...
Dec 11 2019 // German insurance technology firm Wefox said on Wednesday it had attracted an additional $110 million of investment in its second funding round, bringing the total amount of money raised this year to invest in its expansion...
Dec 10 2019 // Tighter government climate regulations by 2025 could wipe up to $2.3 trillion off the value of companies in industries ranging from fossil fuel producers to agriculture and car makers, an investor group warned in a...
Dec 9 2019 // Google, Alibaba and other “Big Tech” companies could be forced to share data on financial services customers with banks and financial technology firms to prevent unfair competition.As Facebook’s plan for...
Dec 5 2019 // The disruption currently taking place in insurance and reinsurance markets is at its most acute since the culmination of the financial crisis. Industry reserves, deteriorating earlier catastrophe losses and eye-popping...
Dec 5 2019 // Ping An Insurance’s OneConnect Financial Technology launched a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) of up to $504 million on Tuesday, reducing both its target offering size and valuation.The unit of China’s...
Dec 4 2019 // Leading insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire digital insurance technology startup Indio Technologies.The move will enable Applied Systems to offer Indio’s digitized commercial insurance...
Dec 3 2019 // Just 31 years after it was founded in China’s southern city of Shenzhen, Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. has grown into the world’s second-largest insurer by market value after Berkshire Hathaway Inc.—more...
Dec 3 2019 // The cyberattack on Louisiana’s state government computer servers disrupted agency operations and made going to the Office of Motor Vehicles even more headache-inducing than usual. But it was nowhere near the...
Dec 2 2019 // Fueled by investments from insurtechs and interest in niche classes, the program business market has experienced record growth over the last couple years.But the heavy competition is also forcing program administrators to...