All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2018 // British companies selling everything from washing machines to flights, food and mortgages plan to spend tens of millions of pounds in case the political brinkmanship gripping the country leads to a disorderly Brexit.With...
Nov 20 2018 // Finnish software maker Basware confirmed the unsolicited takeover approach it received was from payment-technology startup Tradeshift Holdings Inc.The indicative proposal came from San Francisco-based Tradeshift, Basware...
Nov 20 2018 // Though it’s estimated that by 2025 auto insurance premiums will drop by $25 billion as a result of the adoption of driverless cars, the insurance market is expected to recover through new lines of coverage, according...
Nov 19 2018 // Construction has a major problem: every year, construction sites suffer $11 billion in losses due to damage from fire and water, worker accidents, and theft. In addition, a fifth of all worker deaths in the U.S. –...
Nov 19 2018 // It’s no secret that the workforce in the insurance industry is aging and 400,000 positions are projected to open up in the next two years. Insurers and agents alike have debated how best to attract the next...
Nov 19 2018 // America’s largest workforce is also one of the most misunderstood. Labelled the “job-hopping” generation, millennials are sometimes cited for a low work ethic or high turnover rates. More generally,...
Nov 16 2018 // The surprise resignation of an Indian tech billionaire has pulled corporate India deeper into the #MeToo firestorm that’s been sweeping through the American business community for more than a year.Walmart Inc....
Nov 16 2018 // The Travelers Companies has partnered with contractor company Gilbane, and Triax Technologies, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) construction technology, to explore the potential safety benefits of wearable...
Nov 14 2018 // Fast-growing insurance agency Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty has taken a technology leap forward by acquiring Boston-based online home and auto Insurance agency Goji (formerly Consumers United) and its technology...
Nov 8 2018 // Insurance industry trailblazer Patrick Ryan thinks the insurance program business could be headed for interesting times given recent consolidation in the retail insurance agency sector, an influx of capital and the recent...
Nov 8 2018 // Many insurtechs find one problem and try to solve it. Broker Buddha is among them. This platform takes static PDF insurance carrier applications and converts them into interactive online smart forms that agents and their...
Nov 6 2018 // Insurtech Slice, which offers its own on-demand rideshare and homeshare products, now also provides cloud services for carriers wanting to offer their own on-demand products.The growing digital insurer and services...
Nov 5 2018 // The Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) announced the launch of a new insurtech accelerator program, PROTO InsurTech, to inspire and stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in the insurance industry.Two major...
Nov 5 2018 // Pulling together some loose threads from October’s Insuretech Connect Conference, here are 10 takeaways: Innovation Rap. “I actually feel the industry gets a bad rap in terms of innovation,” Dan Glaser,...
Nov 1 2018 // Ping An Insurance Group Co., China’s biggest insurer by market value, is planning a Hong Kong initial public offering of its health-care technology unit that could raise about $2 billion, people with knowledge of the...
Nov 1 2018 // Tech-driven virtual claims services company Snapsheet started out as a service for body shops called Body Shop Bids before pivoting to serving insurers five years ago. Alex Meisner, director of innovation, is one of the...
Oct 30 2018 // Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo unit on Tuesday became the first company to receive a permit from the state of California to test driverless vehicles without a backup driver in the front seat, the state’s Department of...
Oct 29 2018 // AFL Insurance Brokers, the London-based Lloyd’s broker, was looking for an MGA platform in the United States and found the perfect partner last month when it purchased Zodiac Insurance Services, which specializes in...
Oct 26 2018 // Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB), part of Munich Re, announced the close of the acquisition of relayr, Inc., the Berlin-based industrial internet of things technology company.HSB acquired 100 percent of relayr’s shares...
Oct 26 2018 // Keep an eye out for Openly, a new digitally-sophisticated upmarket homeowners insurer catering to independent agents.According to Ty Harris, founder and CEO, Openly will launch in early 2019 in a yet-to-be-announced large...